He was arrested one day after the failed July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler, and on April 8,1945, along with Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Wilhelm Canaris he was convicted and sentenced to death by an SS drumhead court-martial presided over by Otto Thorbeck.
He was arrested one day after the failed July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler, and on April 8,1945, he was given a show trial, along with Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Wilhelm Canaris. They were convicted and sentenced to death by an SS drumhead court-martial presided over by Otto Thorbeck.