Fritz Goerdeler

Fritz Hermann Goerdeler (6 March 1886 – 1 March 1945) was a German lawyer and politician who joined the German resistance movement against Nazism. He was imprisoned and executed after the failed 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Early life and political career Goerdeler was born as the younger brother of Carl Friedrich Goerdeler in Schneidemühl (today Piła, Poland) and grew up in Marienwerder (today, Kwidzyn) where his father had taken office as a judge at the local court in 1890.

Resistance and death Goerdeler became the municipal chamberlain (treasurer) of Königsberg from 1934 until 1944, and joined the German resistance movement against the Nazis. He had close contact with the military resistance, especially in East Prussia. Goerdeler was arrested by the Gestapo after the failed 20 July plot, imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof on 23 February 1945. He was hanged at Plötzensee prison on 1 March 1945.