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Adam von Trott zu Solz

1909 - 1944

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Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz (9 August 1909 – 26 August 1944) was a German lawyer and diplomat who was involved in the conservative resistance to Nazism. A declared opponent of the Nazi regime from the beginning, he actively participated in the Kreisau Circle of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg. Together with Claus von Stauffenberg and Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, he conspired in the 20 July plot and was supposed to have been appointed Secretary of State in the German Foreign Office and lead negotiator with the Western Allies if the plot had succeeded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam von Trott zu Solz is the 56th most popular diplomat (down from 55th in 2019), the 3,666th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,722nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Adam von Trott zu Solz ranks 56 out of 90. Before him are Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, Ambrogio Contarini, Selahattin Ülkümen, Roger Casement, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein. After him are Ernest Mason Satow, Zannanza, Ángel Sanz Briz, Christiana Figueres, Roberto Azevêdo, and Jules Cambon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Adam von Trott zu Solz ranks 196. Before him are Burl Ives, Max Aub, Margaret Sullavan, Valentina Grizodubova, Sybille Schmitz, and Reuven Shiloah. After him are Sattar Bahlulzade, Josef Košťálek, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Dorino Serafini, Marion Dönhoff, and Saunders Mac Lane. Among people deceased in 1944, Adam von Trott zu Solz ranks 206. Before him are Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Luigi Maglione, Edwin Lutyens, Orde Wingate, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Erich Salomon. After him are Inigo Campioni, Henry Wood, Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, Lucien Pissarro, Shōji Nishimura, and Aino Ackté.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adam von Trott zu Solz ranks 3,668 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883), Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), Petra Schürmann (1933), and Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762). After him are Oskar Maria Graf (1894), Adolf III of Holstein (1160), Herman Grimm (1828), Peter Winter (1754), Ramin Djawadi (1974), and Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Germany

Among diplomats born in Germany, Adam von Trott zu Solz ranks 2. Before him are Martin Luther (1895). After him are Paul Schmidt (1899), and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904).

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