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Article about: Good day, I would be most interested to know what everyone's opinion is on Claus von Stauffenberg. Some believe he was a hero while others believe he wasn't. It must be noted of course that

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    Good day,

    I would be most interested to know what everyone's opinion is on Claus von Stauffenberg. Some believe he was a hero while others believe he wasn't. It must be noted of course that he apparently agreed with the Nazi racial policies and metronomed between a strong dislike of Hitler's policies and an admiration for his military abilities.

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    I think it depends from what perspective you are looking at him from. The Allies had already agreed that they wanted the total destruction of Germany (or at least the unconditional surrender of it) as their position on what defined 'Victory', so Hitler was a 'useful idiot' in bringing that about sooner, rather than later, with his constant meddling and undermining of military efforts in the last two years of the war. So someone like von Stauffenberg would probably be seen as a threat by allowing Germany to more effectively fight the war if Hitler were removed (or, conversely, he and his group may have hastened a surrender, had they so chosen, if in power having killed or ousted Hitler).

    From a German perspective, he is a hero because he is a 'good German' who opposed Hitler, and tried to save the lives of the tens of thousands of servicemen and civilians being killed on the battlefields, and by Allied bombing, at that time.

    However, it is worth noting that he was an avid patriot, and fought with distinction in the early years of WW2, but, like most resistors, only changed his mind when Germany started losing the war, so his sincerity in opposing Hitler and the Nazis could be seen as questionable.

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    Very interesting

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