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The women of July 20th They are almost never mentioned when it comes to those responsible for July 20th and the German resistance: the wives of those who planned the assassination and the political upheaval in Germany. Knowing their husbands' intentions, often their closest confidants, they experienced the dramatic events of July 20th up close. When the assassination attempt on Hitler failed, the Gestapo did not spare them either. Now they are reporting for the first time about the background, their own experiences and the conversations with their husbands. This film is a monument to the women who made the greatest sacrifice for the ideals of July 20th: their husbands and fathers. A film by Irmgard von zur Mühlen Producer: Bengt von zur Mühlen 40 years later, the widows and children experience the recognition of the resistance for which the men gave their lives Nina Countess Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg Eba Olbricht, wife of Friedrich Olbricht Hedwig Wirmer, wife of Joseph Wirmer Marion Countess Yorck von Wartenburg, wife of Peter Count Yorck von Wartenburg Erika von Tresckow, wife of Henning von Tresckow Margarethe Countess von Hardenberg, formerly Margarethe von Oven and secretary to Henning von Tresckow Marianne Countess Schwerin von Schwanenberg, wife of Ulrich Wilhelm Count Schwerin von Schwanenfeld Charlotte Countess von der Schulenburg, wife of Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg Hilde Mertz von Quirnheim, wife of Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim Kreisau Circle, Freya Countess von Moltke Rosemarie Reichwein, Clarita von Trott zu Solz, Barbara von Häften Julius Leber, Carl Gördeler, Marianne Meyer Krahmer, daughter of Carl Gördeler Maria Hermes, Johanna von Bennigsen-Foerder, daughters of Joseph Wirmer