What is Carl Goerdeler?
{{Infobox person | name = Carl Friedrich Goerdeler | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1993-069-06, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|07|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Schneidemühl, [[Germany]] (modern [[Piła]], [[Poland]]) | death_date = {{Death date|1945|2|2|df=y}} (aged 60) | death_place = Berlin, Germany | party=[[German National People's Party|DNVP]] | spouse = Anneliese Ulrich | children = 5 (e.g. [[Reinhard Goerdeler]]) | other_names = | known_for = One of the leaders of the conservative ''widerstand'' movement in Nazi Germany | occupation = Politician, civil servant, executive & economist. | nationality = German }} '''Carl Friedrich Goerdeler''' (31 July 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a [[Monarchy|monarchist]] [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[Germany|German]] [[politician]], executive, [[economist]], [[civil servant]], and opponent of the [[Nazi]] regime. If a plan to kill [[Adolf Hitler]] on 20 July 1944 had succeeded, Goerdeler would have served as the [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] of the new government. He was mayor of [[Leipzig]] from 1930 to 1937. Goerdeler was [[executed]] by [[hanging (death)|hanging]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goerdeler, Carl}} [[Category:1884 births]] [[Category:1945 deaths]] [[Category:German civil servants]] [[Category:Executed German people]] [[Category:German Lutherans]] [[Category:German mayors (Weimar Republic)]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:German people of World War II]] [[Category:Nazi German politicians]] [[Category:People executed by hanging]] [[Category:People from former German territories]] [[Category:Victims of Nazism]]