Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (d. 2008)
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (6 September 1917 – 1 May 2008) was the second-last surviving member of the 20 July Plot, a conspiracy of Wehrmacht officers to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944.
1917Sep, 6
Philipp von Boeselager
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