Catalogue question 162 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg became known for …
- a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games.
- building the Reichstag building.
- building up the Wehrmacht.
- the assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944. Correct
Why — for every option
- A — Stauffenberg was not an Olympic participant; he was a Wehrmacht officer.
- B — The Reichstag building was completed in 1894, long before Stauffenberg's time.
- C — He was a Wehrmacht officer, but is not known as the builder of the Wehrmacht.
- D — Correct: on 20 July 1944, Stauffenberg carried out the failed bomb attack on Hitler as part of Operation Valkyrie — the best-known act of military resistance against the Nazi regime.
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