| Birth: | Jan. 1, 1887 | | Death: | Apr. 9, 1945 | 
World War II German Navy Admiral. He was chief of the counter-intelligence service in the German military, and active in the German resistance against Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler. He played a major role in the bomb plot to kill Hitler in July 1944, for which he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Flossenburg Concentration Camp, where he was executed for treason just before the end of the war. (bio by: Geoff Walden)
Search Amazon for Wilhelm Canaris | | | Burial:
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial
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Flossenburg
Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
*Cenotaph [?] |
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Record added: Feb 11, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 20229 |
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