Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenberg acted as a bridge
to all circles within the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler.
In 1932,
he joined the Nazi Party.
In 1937 Schulenberg became Vice-President of the Berlin Police Force.
In 1938,
he joined the conspiracy and supported the first coup attempt in September.
During the winter of 1938-39, he worked closely with Claus von Staffenberg's
uncle, Count Ukxull, planning another coup attempt.
In 1939,
he became Comissioner for Upper and Lower Silesia. The following year
he was deemed politically unreliable and expelled from the Nazi
Party. He subsequently joined the Kreisau
Circle.
Schulenberg helped General
Ludwig Beck, and professors Johannes Popitz and Jens Jessen draft
the "Basic Law of the State." He made contact with Dr.
Carl Goerdeler, worked closely with Colonel
Henning von Tresckow, and recruited Claus
von Stauffenberg into the conspiracy. He acted as liaison between
Stauffenberg and leading social democrat Julius Leber, between the army
conspirators and the Kreisau
Circle, and maintained contact with the Paris conspirators through Colonel Caesar von Hofacker.
He also worked closely with his superior, Berlin Police
President Count Heinrich von Helldorf, helping to plan a number of coup
attempts from 1938 to 1944.
On July
20, 1944, Schulenberg participated in Colonel von Stauffenberg's
uprising and was later arrested.
On August 10, 1944, Schulenberg was tried by the People's
Court. He refused to divulge any names from the secret list he had drawn
up of men assigned to serve in the new government.
