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2 unusual facts about Rudolf Schmundt


Rudolf Schmundt

Colonel Heinz Brandt moved it behind a heavy table leg and unwittingly saved Hitler's life, but as a consequence, he lost his own.

Schmundt was born in Metz and served as a Lieutenant for the German Army during World War I.


Günther Korten

Like the other military victims Rudolf Schmundt and Heinz Brandt he was posthumously promoted, in his case to Colonel-General.

Heinrich Borgmann

Generalmajor Rudolf Schmundt and Oberstleutnant Heinz Brandt who were standing to his left and stenographer Heinich Berger to his right were all killed by the explosion, but Borgmann survived with serious injuries.


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