ABSTRACT
During a meeting with Bell in Stockholm, in 1942, Bonhoeffer told Bell about people plans for a coup d'etat. The Lord Bishop subsequently tried to interest the British Foreign Office in the plans but received a negative answer from Anthony Eden. Henning von Tresckow and Claus Schenk Count Von Stauffenberg first became acquainted in the summer of 1941. At that time, Stauffenberg belonged to the Organization Department of the OKH, and visited the headquarters of the Army Group Center in Borrisov. The Stauffenbergs were an old Swabian family, deeply rooted in Catholicism. Stauffenberg was a far cry from the average German career officer: To appreciate this, one must understand that military one-sidedness was, in a way, the strong point of the German officer. The government district was important, as was the radio station, the press quarter, the electricity, gas, and water works, and the railroad junctions; superiority in arms and men could easily become the deciding factor in the coup.
