Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Franz-Ludwig Gustav Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (born 4 May 1938 in Bamberg) is a German attorney and politician from the CSU. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1976 to 1987 and of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1992.

Franz-Ludwig Gustav Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg is the third son of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg. He married Elisabeth Freiin von und zu Guttenberg, born in Pähl on 5 July 1944, on 25 May 1965 in Guttenberg. They have four children:

After his father's assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler failed on 20 July 1944, he was sent to a foster home in Bad Sachsa and given the surname Meister, as the Nazis viewed the name von Stauffenberg unacceptable due to the prominence of Claus von Stauffenberg in the assassination attempt. Franz-Ludwig's mother, two older brothers, and younger sister, Valerie (as well as other relatives) were likewise arrested under Nazi Sippenhaft (blood guilt) laws.

In 1994, in connection with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 20 July plot, he demanded that communists, who had fought in the Red Army in the National Committee for a Free Germany should not be honored together with his father. According to Stauffeberg, Communists desired to replace the Nazi Party with another single-party dictatorship. This demand gained many prominent supporters, including then-Federal Defence Minister Volker Rühe.

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