Stauffenberg Brothers Research Paper

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CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG
Year
Age Major Events
1905 N/A Berthold and Alexander von Stauffenberg, twin brothers born on 15 March 1905. They are the elder brothers of Claus von Stauffenberg.

1907 0 Claus Philipp and Konrad Maria, twin brothers born on 15 November 1907 to Caroline, Countess von Uxlcull-Gyllenband and her husband, Alfred Schenk, Count von Stauffenberg.
Konrad Maria died one day later.

1913 6 Berthold paid more attention and showed more affection towards Claus. Alexander was more withdrawn.
The elder brothers enrolled at Eberhardt-Ludwigs Gymnasium, the premier grammar school at Stuttgart.

1916-1917 9-10 Claus joined his brothers at the Gymnasium.
The three brothers learnt to play the

He had become an officer at last. On 15 November 1930, he became engaged to Nina. He took an engineer’s course, followed by a mortar course in 1932.

1933 26 On 26 September 1933, he married Nina, Baroness von Lerchentel, at Saint James Catholic Church, Bamberg.
On 4 December 1933, the poet Stefan George died from illness. The Stauffenberg brothers were grieved. They had been admirers of the works of Stefan George and had known the poet personally. Stauffenberg was promoted to first lieutenant.

1934 27 His first son, Berthold, was born.

1935 28 He took an interpreter exam in English.

1936 29 to 31 He served at the War Academy in Berlin. His son, Heirman was born in 1936.
1937 32 On 1 January 1937, he was promoted to Captain of cavalry.

1939 33 He was transferred to the general staff and served as Quartermaster, 6th Panzer Division. When war broke out with the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, initially only some units of his division were sent across the frontier.
On 4 September, an officer from his division ordered two Polish women to be shot out of hand, without any investigation and on suspicion of giving signals to the Polish artillery. Stauffenberg was enraged and took part in ensuring the officer’s court martial and subsequent demotion. However, later this officer was given a general