despite being part of no persecuted minority. It was a matter of principle to a degree, and they weren't willing to pretend and completely shut their mouths. We know of all the evil done towards various minority groups pre-war. Mentally and medically disabled systematically murdered. But a lot of less known stuff happened to those that dared have a different opinion, even if they weren't shouting from the rooftops.

Scary time. And a lot of organizations and institutions went along w/ it, to a shocking degree. And it's not all that well known unless books re; the history are a hobby/interest. But, Stauffenberg, he knew full well the risks to friends and family. To his life. A lot of officers and aristocrats talked about doing. But the actual day to day risk of planning, preparing and carrying out that plan, scary. A brave man. I don't claim to know all his motivations and reasons, but generally, I think he was standing up to what he recognized as a great evil, and to save lives. He was right, I think 2/3 or more German deaths came in the last year of the war. Civilian and soldier. It took some real persistence to get my Grandparents to talk about anything re; their lives before emigrating from Germany. Darkness, sadness, that all that could happen to their beloved homeland.