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title: General Ludwig Beck
author: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-033-04
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19751/general-ludwig-beck/
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updated: 2024-12-04
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# General Ludwig Beck

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## Image File

[![General Ludwig Beck](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19751.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19751.png)

## Image Caption

A 1936 photograph of General Ludwig Beck (1880-1944). Beck was a conspirator in the [1944 plot to assassinate Hitler](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2584/the-1944-plot-to-assassinate-hitler/), the leader of Nazi Germany. Beck, if the attempt had been succesful, was to have replaced Hitler as the figurehead of the German state. (German Federal Archives)

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146-1980-033-04, B. B. (2024, December 04). General Ludwig Beck. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19751/general-ludwig-beck/>
### Chicago
146-1980-033-04, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "General Ludwig Beck." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 04, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19751/general-ludwig-beck/>.
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146-1980-033-04, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "General Ludwig Beck." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Dec 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19751/general-ludwig-beck/>.

## License & Copyright

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