Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
German general
Died when: 74 years 306 days (898 months)Star Sign: Aries
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (27 March 1905 – 27 January 1980) was an officer in the German Army.He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943; the plan failed when Hitler left early, but Gersdorff was undetected.
That same month, soldiers from his unit discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre.
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