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Widerstandskämpfer der ersten Reihe: Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

"Aufstand des Gewissens": Offiziere um Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg wollten am 20. Juli 1944 Adolf Hitler töten. Einer von ihnen war Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim, der einen Teil seiner Kindheit in Amberg verbracht hat.

Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim war einer der Offiziere um Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, die am 20. Juli 1944 Adolf Hitler töten wollten und nach dem gescheiterten Staatsstreich hingerichtet wurden. Bild:  Deutsches Bundesarchiv /gemeinfrei
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim war einer der Offiziere um Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, die am 20. Juli 1944 Adolf Hitler töten wollten und nach dem gescheiterten Staatsstreich hingerichtet wurden.

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