Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg Biography

Birth of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg

Returns to the Foreign Office Service and became consul in Beirut

Appointed German Ambassador of the Soviet Union

Instrumental in bringing about the August 1939 German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Handed a draft of the non-aggression pact by Molotov

Handed a draft of the non-aggression pact by Molotov

Uses his position as the most senior ambassador in Moscow to allow Polish diplomats (including ambassador Waclaw Grzybowski) to leave the Soviet Union, when the Soviets tried to arrest them

Tries to thwart the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 through means such as hinting at the countrys military strength and the unassailability of its industrial reserves

Interned for a few weeks, and transferred to the Soviet-Turkish border

Schulenberg delivers Germany's declaration of war to Molotov

Assigned leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no political influence that neutralized him

Assigned leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no political influence that neutralized him

After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944, arrested and charged with high treason

In the plans for the overthrow, Friedrich-Werner von der Schulenburg was tentatively foreseen as the new Foreign Minister

In the plans for the overthrow, Friedrich-Werner von der Schulenburg was tentatively foreseen as the new Foreign Minister. After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944, arrested and charged with high treason

After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944, arrested and charged with high treason

The Volksgerichtshof ("Peoples Court") sentences him to death

Death of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, hanged at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin

Hanged after the failed assassination attempt of Hitler

Hanged at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin