page_title: Hans Bernd von Haeften
section_title: Arrest
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Bernd von Haeften / Arrest
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Urteil des Volksgerichtshofs in der Sitzung vom 15. August 1944 gegen Bernhard Klamroth, Hans Georg Klamroth, Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf, Adam von Trott zu Solz und Hans Bernd von Haeften wegen Landesverrats. English: Judgement in connection with 20 July plot by Roland Freisler (People's Court, 15th August 1944). The plotters and condemned men were Bernhard Klamroth, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf, Adam von Trott zu Solz and Hans Bernd von Haeften.
context_page_description: Hans Bernd von Haeften was a German jurist during the Nazi era. A member of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler, he was arrested and executed in the aftermath of the failed 20 July plot.
context_section_description: Haeften was arrested on 23 July 1944, three days after the July 20 Plot, the German military's failed assassination attempt against Hitler at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia. His brother Lieutenant Werner von Haeften, who was the adjutant of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, had been summarily shot along with Stauffenberg in the early hours of 21 July at the Bendlerblock. On 15 August, Haeften was brought before the Volksgerichtshof, or People's Court, and accused of treason in connection with the plot. He confessed to the charge, saying "Legally speaking it is treason; actually it is not. For I no longer feel an obligation of loyalty. I see in Hitler the perpetrator of evil in history." He was sentenced to death and hanged the same day at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.
caption: Criminal case against Haeften in the German People's Court, presided by Judge Roland Freisler
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