MILITARY PERSONNEL

Axel von dem Bussche

1919 - 1993

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Axel Ernst-August Clamor Franz Albrecht Erich Leo Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (German: [ˈaksl̩ ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌhɛʁ fɔn dɛm ˈbʊʃə] ; 24 April 1919 – 26 January 1993) was a German officer during World War II and was a member of the German Resistance. He planned to assassinate Adolf Hitler in coordination with Claus von Stauffenberg in November 1943 at the Wolfsschanze. In 1942, von dem Bussche witnessed by chance an SS-organised gruesome massacre of more than 3,000 mostly Jewish civilians carried out by the SD at the old Dubno airport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Axel von dem Bussche has received more than 200,442 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Axel von dem Bussche is the 1,826th most popular military personnel (down from 1,477th in 2019), the 4,780th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,010th in 2019) and the 306th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Axel von dem Bussche ranks 1,826 out of 2,058Before him are Jacob L. Devers, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Oliver Hazard Perry, Berenguer de Palou II, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, and Mariya Polivanova. After him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Nathan Hale, Hudson Austin, Alberto Natusch, Malik Ambar, and Ahmad Vahidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Axel von dem Bussche ranks 267Before him are Nina Dumbadze, Roy Cochran, Frances Bay, Jocelyn Brando, Cláudio Santoro, and Raúl Francisco Primatesta. After him are Lance Macklin, Leona Woods, Strother Martin, Jan Flinterman, Annemarie Renger, and Eric Thompson. Among people deceased in 1993, Axel von dem Bussche ranks 212Before him are Natália Correia, Leslie Charteris, Edwin Vásquez, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Ann Todd, and Edith Farkas. After him are Lester del Rey, Tahar Djaout, Kenny Drew, Tony Barton, Hamo Sahyan, and Margarita Nikolaeva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Axel von dem Bussche ranks 4,780 out of 7,253Before him are Rudolph Dirks (1877), Yıldıray Baştürk (1978), Andreas Scholl (1967), Wendelin Werner (1968), Roland Grapow (1959), and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750). After him are Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Ernst Ahl (1898), Oskar Perron (1880), Thomas Helmer (1965), Helene Stöcker (1869), and Oliver of Paderborn (1170).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Axel von dem Bussche ranks 306Before him are Friedrich von Scholtz (1851), Gustav von Alvensleben (1803), Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775), Hans von Funck (1891), and Dietrich Kraiss (1889). After him are Franz Sigel (1824), Henning von Holtzendorff (1853), Heinrich Hax (1900), and Max Lemke (1895).