Hellmuth Stieff
German general and opponent to nazism (1901-1944)
Hellmuth Ludwig Gustav Arnold Stieff (6 June 1901 – 8 August 1944) was a German general and a member of the OKH (German Army Headquarters) during World War II. He took part in attempts by the German resistance to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 7 and 20 July 1944.
Early career
Stieff was born in Deutsch Eylau (now Iława, Poland) in the province of West Prussia as the son of Artillery Major Wilhelm Bruno Walter Stieff and his wife Anna Laura Maria Carla néé Krause. He graduated early in July 1918 in order to enter the Imperial German Army and was assigned with the rank of Kriegsfreiwilliger (rough equivalent to Private) to the replacement battalion of Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 71 "Groß-Komtur". Stieff completed his training in September that year and was transferred to 2. Westpreußisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 36. He took part in the final combats on the Western Front and was accepted in the reduced Reichswehr following the Armistice.
Stieff was promoted to Fähnrich (Warrant Officer) in 1920 and later ordered to the Infanterieschule München. Upon his graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1922 and assigned to 3rd Artillery Regiment in Potsdam.
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