Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
Military Person
1905 – 1980
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Who was Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff?
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff was an officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing in March 1943; the plan failed but he was undetected. In April 1943 he discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre. In 1979 he was awarded West Germany's Bundesverdienstkreuz.
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