Adam von Trott zu Solz

Adam von Trott zu Solz (born August 9, 1909 in Potsdam, Germany - died August 26, 1944 in Berlin, Germany) was a lawyer and diplomat who opposed the Nazi regime.

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August 9 - 1909 - Potsdam - Germany - August 26 - 1944 - Berlin - Nazi

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The fifth child of leading Prussian civil servant August von Trott zu Solz, Adam went to the UK in 1931 on a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Balliol College, Oxford where he became close friends with David Astor. Following his studies at Oxford, Adam von Trott went on to spend six months in the United States and in 1937 he was posted to China and used his frequent trips to seek outside help for resistance against the Nazis.

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August von Trott zu Solz - The UK - 1931 - Rhodes Scholarship - Balliol College, Oxford - David Astor - United States - 1937 - China - Nazis

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In 1939, von Trott visited London on three occasions in an effort to persuade Lord Lothian and Lord Halifax to pressure the British government to continue its policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler . He also visited Washington, D.C. in October of that same year in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain American support for his internal resistance.

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1939 - London - Lord Lothian - Lord Halifax - British government - Appeasement - Adolf Hitler - Washington, D.C.

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Friends warned von Trott not to return to Germany but his conviction that he had to do something to stop the madness of Hitler and his henchmen led him to return. Once there, in 1940 von Trott joined the Nazi Party, using his membership as a way to access party information and monitor their planning. At the same time, he served as a foreign policy advisor to the clandestine group of intellectuals planning the overthrow of the Nazi regime known as the Kreisau Circle.

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1940 - Nazi Party - Foreign policy - Kreisau Circle

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Charged with complicity in the Claus von Stauffenberg July 20, 1944 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was immediately placed on trial and found guilty. Sentenced to death, he was hanged in Berlin's Plötzensee prison on August 26th.

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Claus von Stauffenberg - July 20, 1944 Plot - Assassinate - Plötzensee - August 26

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