Dreihöf in Bavaria
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Wilhelm Canaris

Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral, and head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944. During the Second World War, he was among the military officers involved in the clandestine opposition to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. He was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp for the act of high treason.

Located at 49.735, 12.3558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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People from Dortmund, Abwehr, Executed generals and admirals, Executed members of the 20 July plot, Extrajudicial killings, Flossenbürg concentration camp victims, 20th-century Freikorps personnel, German Lutherans, German military personnel of World War I, German Resistance members, German torture victims, German people of Italian descent, Kriegsmarine admirals, People condemned by Nazi courts, People from the Province of Westphalia, People killed by Nazi Germany, Recipients of the Silver German Cross, U-boat commanders, World War I spies for Germany, World War II spies for Germany, 1887 births, 1945 deaths, Recipients of the Cross of Honor, Kaiserliche Marine personnel, Military personnel who died in Nazi concentration camps, Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps, German military personnel killed in World War II, German Protestants opposed to the Third Reich

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi and founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and many have labelled his book The Cost of Discipleship a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer became known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship.

Located at 49.735, 12.3558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1906 births, 1945 deaths, 20th-century Protestant martyrs, 20th-century theologians, Anglican saints, Christian ethicists, Christian radicals, Executed members of the 20 July plot, Flossenbürg concentration camp victims, German anti-fascists, German Christian pacifists, German civilians killed in World War II, German expatriates in the United States, German humanitarians, German Lutheran clergy, German Lutheran theologians, German philosophers, German Protestants opposed to the Third Reich, German Resistance members, People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar, German people executed by hanging, People from Wrocław, Religious workers who died in Nazi concentration camps, Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps, Union Theological Seminary (New York) alumni, People executed by Germany by hanging, Twin people from Germany

Flossenbürg concentration camp

Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Czechoslovakia. Until its liberation in April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners passed through the camp. About 30,000 died there.

Located at 49.7356, 12.3558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Flossenbürg concentration camp, Holocaust massacres and pogroms, Holocaust museums, World War II crimes, Holocaust memorials, Monuments and memorials in Germany, Museums in Bavaria, World War II museums in Germany

Hans Oster

Hans Oster (August 9, 1887 – April 9, 1945) was a German Army general, deputy head of the Abwehr under Wilhelm Canaris, and an opponent of Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He was a leading figure of the German resistance from 1938 to 1943.

Located at 49.735, 12.3558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1887 births, 1945 deaths, People from Dresden, Abwehr, German military personnel of World War I, German military personnel killed in World War II, German Lutherans, German Resistance members, People condemned by Nazi courts, People executed by Germany by hanging, People from the Kingdom of Saxony, Extrajudicial killings, People from Saxony executed by hanging, Flossenbürg concentration camp victims, Military personnel who died in Nazi concentration camps, Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps, Executed generals and admirals, People educated at the Kreuzschule