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Wilhelm Franz Canaris
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Wilhelm Franz Canaris

Birth
Aplerbeckermark, Stadtkreis Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
9 Apr 1945 (aged 58)
Flossenburg, Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria, Germany
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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.
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.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20229/wilhelm_franz-canaris: accessed ), memorial page for Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 Jan 1887–9 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20229, citing Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial, Flossenburg, Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.