A short time later, the plan was betrayed, and Korreng was freed by a raiding party consisting of NSDAP Gauleiter Friedrich Karl Florian and Wehrmacht soldiers during the late afternoon.
During the night of 16/17 April, Jürgens, Andresen, Kleppe, Knab and Weill were convicted in state court proceedings for war treason and sentenced to death,[REF] Of the captured conspirators, only Gehrke was acquitted.