propaganda. After the German invasion began on 22 June 1941, Schulenburg was interned by the Soviets for a few weeks and was transferred to the Soviet-Turkish border for repatriation. Thereafter, Schulenburg was assigned as leader of the Russia Committee, a Foreign Office post with no political influence to neutralize him. He later joined the conspiracy to overthrow Hitler in the hope of reaching a quick peace agreement in the east. He was ready and willing to negotiate even with Joseph Stalin on behalf of the plotters. Had they been successful in overthrowing Hitler, Schulenburg would have been a high-ranking official in the Foreign Office; some sources had him listed as foreign minister. After the failure of the attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944, Schulenburg was arrested and charged with high treason. On 23 October 1944, the Volksgerichtshof ("People's Court") sentenced him to death, and he was hanged on 10 November 1944 at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. Marriage He married from 1908 to 1910 Elisabeth von Sobbe (Burg bei Magdeburg, 1875–1955), and had a daughter: Christa-Wernfriedis Hanna Margarete Engelberta Gräfin von der Schulenburg (1908–1993), married to Max Wolfgang, Freiherr von Lindenfels (1908–1982) See also German resistance to Nazism Germany–Soviet Union relations, 1918–1941 List of members of the 20 July plot References Schorske, Carl "Two German Ambassadors: Dirksen and Schulenburg" pages 477–511 from The Diplomats 1919–1939 edited by Gordon A. Craig and Felix Gilbert, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1953. External links Plötzensee Prison Short biography and portrait photo of Graf Friedrich Werner 1875 births 1944 deaths People from Kemberg People from the Province of Saxony Counts of Germany Ambassadors of Germany to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Germany to Romania Ambassadors of Germany to Iran Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914) Protestants in the German Resistance People condemned by Nazi courts People executed by hanging at Plötzensee Prison Executed members of the 20 July plot People from Saxony-Anhalt executed at Plötzensee Prison Schulenburg family Nazi Party politicians Nazis executed by Nazi Germany Nazis executed by hanging