!!!Bernardis, Robert b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Aug. 7, 1908, d. Berlin-Ploetzensee (Germany), Aug. 8, 1944 (executed). Officer, from 1928 in the Austrian army, joined the circle around C. Schenk von Stauffenberg in spring 1944 which planned a coup against Hitler; on July 20, 1944 he gave order to the reserve troops to launch operation "Walkuere" which was to start the rebellion. !Literature F. Vogl, Widerstand im Waffenrock, 1977; K. Glaubauf, Robert Bernardis - Österreichs Stauffenberg, Statzendorf 1994. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bernardis,_Robert|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]