Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg Biography and Timeline

Birth of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg

Birth of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg

Consul

Returns to the Foreign Office Service and became consul in Beirut

Ambassador

Appointed German Ambassador of the Soviet Union

Role range: 1933-1945

Handed a draft of the non-aggression pact by Molotov

Handed a draft of the non-aggression pact by Molotov

Role range: 1939-1945

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Handed a draft of the non-aggression pact by Molotov

Role range: 1939-1945

Nazi-Soviet Pact

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

Diplomatic Mission

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Declaration of War

Schulenberg delivers Germany's declaration of war to Molotov

Role range: 1939-1945

Border Settlement

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Russia

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Assigned leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Neutrality

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Arrest of Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Coup

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Plot

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Treason

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Trial

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Death of Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg

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

Role range: 1939-1945

Death of Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg

Hanged after the failed assassination attempt of Hitler

Role range: 1939-1945

Execution

Hanged at Plotzensee Prison in Berlin

Role range: 1939-1945