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(1) Carl Goerdeler had doubts about Claus von Stauffenberg when he joined the German Resistance in 1942.

Stauffenberg revealed himself as a cranky, obstinate fellow who wanted to play politics.

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I had many a row with him, but greatly esteemed him. He wanted to steer a dubious political course with the left-wing Socialists and the Communists, and gave me a bad time with his overwhelming egotism.

(2) Henning von Tresckow, message to Claus von Stauffenberg (July, 1944)

The assassination must be attempted, at any cost.

Even should that fail, the attempt to seize power in the capital must be undertaken. We must prove to the world and to future generations that the men of the German Resistance movement dared to take the decisive step and to hazard their lives upon it.

Compared with this, nothing else matters.

(3) Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich (1970)

General Schmundt, Hitler's chief adjutant, had picked Count Stauffenberg to ser