Rudolf Schmundt
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Rudolf Schmundt (13 August 1896 - 1 October 1944) was an officer in the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) during World War II.
Schmundt was born in Metz and served as a Lt in World War I.
Schmundt was the Chief of the personnel department of the German Army.
Major-General (Generalmajor) Schmundt was killed in the "Wolf's Lair" (Wolfsschanze) near Rastenburg, East Prussia (today Kętrzyn, Poland). He was one of the casualties of the July 20 plot to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler. Schmundt was posthumously awarded the German Order on 7 October 1944. One of the conspirators, Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb in a suitcase beside Hitler. But another officer moved it behind a heavy table leg and unwittingly saved Hitler's life.
Schmundt was replaced as the Chief of the personnel department by General Wilhelm Burgdorf, the Deputy Chief.
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