Deaths on August 26

Adam von Trott zu Solz

Died on August 26, 1944

Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)

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 be appointed Secretary of State in the Foreign Office and lead negotiator with the Western Allies if the plot had succeeded.

He is a graduate of Balliol College at the University of Oxford.

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Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
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World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

Deaths on August 26

Adam von Trott zu Solz

Died on August 26, 1944

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