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Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (died 1944)

Born
March 15, 1905
Died
August 10, 1944
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1905

About Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Berthold Alfred Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, alongside his younger brother, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. After the plot failed, Berthold was tried and executed by the Nazi regime. Berthold was the oldest of three brothers (the second being Berthold's twin, Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg) born into an old and distinguished aristocratic South German Catholic family.

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The world when Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was born

Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was born in 1905. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1905

  • Best-selling book"The Marriage of William Ashe" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChristy Mathewson pitches 3 shutouts in the World Series
  • Top headlineEinstein publishes theory of special relativity
  • Technology milestoneEinstein's "miracle year" — E=mc²
  • World population~1.65B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population83.2M

1905 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19052026
Population83.2M341 million

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