Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff | |
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Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff | |
| Berlin Police Chief | |
| In office 19 July 1935 – 24 July 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Magnus von Levetzow |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Göhrum |
| Potsdam Police President | |
| In office 25 March 1933 – 18 July 1935 | |
| Succeeded by | Wilhelm Ernst Graf von Wedel |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 12 November 1933 – 10 August 1944 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1896 Merseburg, Province of Saxony, Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 15 August 1944 (aged 47) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | NSFB (1924–1925) NSDAP (1925–1944) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Leutnant |
| Unit | Hussar Regiment 12 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Iron Cross, first and second class |
Wolf-Heinrich Julius Otto Bernhard Fritz Hermann Ferdinand Graf von Helldorff (14 October 1896 – 15 August 1944) was an SA-Obergruppenführer, German police official and politician. He served as a member of the Landtag of Prussia during the Weimar Republic, as a member of the Reichstag for the Nazi Party from 1933, and as Ordnungspolizei Police President in Potsdam and in Berlin. From 1938 he became involved with the anti-Nazi resistance, and was executed in 1944 for his role in the 20th July plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler's regime.