As the ticking hands of history unfurl, I stand before you as Colonel Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, a German officer and aristocrat. Born on November 15, 1907, in the town of Jettingen, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, I hail from a lineage of nobility deeply rooted in our nation's past

Raised in the traditions of duty and honor, my path led me to the military, where I found myself as a staunch supporter of the Fatherland, dedicated to serving the German people