Friedrich Olbricht (4 October 1888 21 July 1944) was a German general and one of the plotters involved in the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia on 20 July 1944.Olbricht was born in Leisnig, Saxony, and was the son of the mathematics professor Richard Olbricht.After his Abitur in 1907, Olbricht joined Infantry Regiment 106 in Leipzig as an ensign. He then fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1918, and afterwards, as a captain, was taken into the Reichswehr, which had been reduced in size under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.Olbricht was married to Eva Koeppel. The couple had a son and a daughter.Olbricht's mistrust of the Nazis became apparent early on, particularly after the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, when he stood together with Hans Oster, Erwin von Witzleben and Georg Thomas, who all distanced themselves from the growing right-wing movement, worried as they were at the allure that the Nazis seemed to have for a lot of military men.In 1926, Olbricht was called into the Reich Defence Ministry as leader of the Foreign Armies Bureau . In 1933, he became chief of staff of the Dresden Division.In 1934, Olbricht managed to save several men from being shot in the wake of the R Show less «