d'état, but was not informed that it had been delayed to 20 July. One week later, on 27 July, following the plot's failure, Brücklmeier's involvement was traced. He was arrested in Prague and, from 28 to 29 September, his case was heard at the German "People's Court" (Volksgerichtshof). On 20 October, he was found guilty as an accessory and sentenced to death. On the same day Brücklmeier was hanged at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. See also List of members of the 20 July plot Widerstand Sources Plötzensee Prison Detlef Graf von Schwerin: Dann sind's die besten Köpfe, die man henkt - Die junge Generation im deutschen Widerstand, München, 1991. Sebastian Sigler: Brücklmeier - Mann des 20. Juli, in: Sigler: Freundschaft und Toleranz, München, 2006. Sebastian Sigler: Eduard Brücklmeier - ein Mann des Widerstands am 20. Juli 1944, in: Einst und Jetzt (history yearbook), 52, 2007, S. 313 - 334. External links Diplomats and Martyrs on the German Embassy in London's website. Biography at Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, Berlin. Executed members of the 20 July plot People from Bavaria executed at Plötzensee Prison German diplomats People condemned by Nazi courts People educated at the St. Thomas School, Leipzig 1903 births 1944 deaths People executed by hanging at Plötzensee Prison People from Munich