Edwald-Heinrich von Kleist, one of the officers, who was involved in the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944, died on March 8.
He is the last survivor of the abortive plot.
von Kleist was descended from a prominent Prussian military family and was born in Pomerania, now part of Poland.
His family tree includes two field marshals and one of Germany's most distinguished writers.
After the failed plot he was arrested, sent to a concentration camp and then released. On release he was sent on active service to the Russian front.
After the war he went into publishing.
He founded the Munich Security Conference.
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