Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim

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Albrecht Mertz Ritter von Quirnheim
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Born	(1905-03-25)25 March 1905 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 39) Berlin, Gau Berlin, Nazi Germany 52°30′28″N 13°21′44″E / 52.507892°N 13.36219°E / 52.507892; 13.36219 (Execution Site of Nazi Germany Resistance)
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1923–1944
Rank	Oberst
Battles / wars	World War II
Relations	Walter Hohmann (uncle) Otto Korfes (brother-in-law)

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (25 March 1905 – 21 July 1944) was a German Army colonel and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany involved in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.