Friedrich Fromm

German general

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Friedrich Fromm was a German general who played a role in the July Plot of 1944. This was an unsuccessful attempt by German military leaders to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of the government.

As the military situation for Germany worsened, opposition to Hitler grew within the army. Fromm was aware of the plot and, in an effort to demonstrate his loyalty after Hitler survived the assassination attempt, he arrested some of the key conspirators. These individuals were then executed. Ultimately, Fromm himself was later arrested, tried, and executed.1

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July Plot
…at the Berlin headquarters, General Friedrich Fromm, who had known about and condoned the plot, sought to prove his allegiance by arresting a few of the chief conspirators, who were promptly shot (Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides) or forced to commit suicide (Beck). In subsequent days, Hitler’s police rounded up…
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…at the Berlin headquarters, General Friedrich Fromm, who had known about and condoned the plot, sought to prove his allegiance by arresting a few of the chief conspirators, who were promptly shot (Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides) or forced to commit suicide (Beck). In subsequent days, Hitler’s police rounded up…
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