Kurt von Plettenberg
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Kurt Freiherr von Plettenberg (31 January 1891 – 10 March 1945) was a German forester, cavalry officer and a member of the German Resistance (Widerstand). He was involved in the preparations for the 20 July plot, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of the Third Reich. Plettenberg belonged to the circle of close friends which included Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Johannes Popitz, Ludwig Beck, Ulrich von Hassell, Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg and Fabian von Schlabrendorff.
Kurt was born as a member of an old aristocratic House of Plettenberg from Westphalia in Germany. He was the son of Baron Karl von Plettenberg (1852–1938) and his wife, Countess Clara von Wedel-Jarlsberg (1865-1938). He was married to Baroness Arianne von Maltzahn (b. 1914), with whom he had two daughters and a son.
