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- Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was born on July 31, 1884 in Schneidemühl, Prussia, Germany [now Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was married to Anneliese Ulrich. He died on February 2, 1945 in Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany.
- SpouseAnneliese Ulrich(1911 - February 2, 1945) (his death, 5 children)
- Goerdeler was a conservative German politician. He studied law, and after World War I he joined the conservative German National People's Party (DNVP).
- He was elected mayor of Leipzig in 1930.
- Goerdeler opposed the racial ideology of the national socialist. When DNVP began to cooperate with the Nazi party in 1931 he left the party. He was one of very few politicians in opposition to the ruling NSDAP after 1933.
- Goerdeler was heavily criticized for his resistance to a plot to kill Hitler, for his will to reintroduce the monarchy in Germany, for his anti-Semitism, and for his extremely anti-Communist ideology.
- In the autumn of 1943, Goerdeler first met Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg. The two men took an immediate dislike to each other.
- We should not attempt to minimize what has been happening, but we should also emphasize the great guilt of the Jews, who had invaded our public life in ways that lacked customary restraint.
- [Claus von Stauffenberg] revealed himself as a cranky, obstinate fellow who wanted to play politics. I had many a row with him, but greatly esteemed him. He wanted to steer a dubious political course with the left-leaning Socialists and Communists, and gave me a bad time with his overwhelming egoism.
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