Date of birth:

October 25th, 1886 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

October 12th, 1944 (Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Rudolf Graf von Marogna-Redwitz was married to Anna Gräfin von Arco-Zinneberg, had a daughter and two sons, Rudolf Graf von Marogna-Redwitz and Hubert Graf von Marogna-Redwitz.
He was involved in the July 20th, 1944 plot against Adolf Hitler. After his arrest he was sentenced to death and hanged on October 12th, 1944 in the Plötzensee prison in Berlin.

Career:
09.03.1908: promoted to Leutnant
1914: 1. Bayerisches Schweres Reiter Regiment
19.05.1915: promoted to Oberleutnant
1917: severely WIA worked for the Abteilung III der Deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung
22.03.1918: promoted to Rittmeister
1929: 17. Reiter (Bayerisches)
1935: Major (E) - Abwehr, Vienna;
01.04.1936: promoted to Oberstleutnant (E)
1938: chief of defence in Vienna, Wehrkreis XVII
01.06.1939: promoted to Oberst
Beginning: 1944 OKH, Berlin
21.07.1944: arrested by the Gestapo in Vienna
12.10.1944: sentenced to death and executed

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• - Elisabeth von Loeben: Graf Marogna-Redwitz. Opfergang einer bayerischen Familie., Tuduv-Verlagsgesellschaft München 1984
  - Peter Steinbach/Johannes Tuchel: Lexikon des Widerstands 1933–1945. Verlag C.H.Beck. München. 1994. S. 128.