caption serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
ludwig freiherr von leonrod 1926 -- 44 heer berlin , germany 26 august 1944 munich , imperial germany germany nazi germany weimar republic -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany iron cross world war ii 17 september 1906 major lfvleonrod.jpg ludwig freiherr von leonrod
 ludwig freiherr von leonrod
ludwig freiherr von leonrod

ludwig freiherr von leonrod -lrb- 17 september 1906 -- 26 august 1944 -rrb- was a german officer who took part in the july 20 plot .
leonrod was born in munich and joined the weimar german reichswehr on 1 april 1926 in the cavalry regiment 17 in bamberg next to claus von stauffenberg .
in world war ii leonrod was severely wounded in late 1941 and unfit for front service .
in december 1943 stauffenberg informed leonrod about the plans for a coup d'état .
leonrod asked chaplain hermann josef wehrle , who was later sentenced to death for his knowledge , about the theological justification of a tyrannicide .
leonrod was supposed to become a liaison officer in military district vii -lrb- munich -rrb- .
after the plot failed leonrod was arrested by the gestapo on 21 july 1944 , sentenced to death by the volksgerichtshof on 21 august and killed on 26 august at plötzensee prison .
leonrod was married to monika née von twickel since 1943 .
