Ludwig Beck, one time chief of the Army General Staff. [LCID: 80528]
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Ludwig Beck

Ludwig Beck, one time chief of the Army General Staff. After his resignation in 1938, Beck became the center of the military resistance to Hitler. He was executed in 1944 for his role in the July 1944 attempt to kill Hitler. Germany, date uncertain.


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