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After his arrest, he gave the names of numerous co-conspirators to the Gestapo, causing the arrests and executions of hundreds. Goerdeler was executed by hanging on 2 February 1945.","Due his close relations with the Freiburg Circles, he is regarded as one of many forerunners of the social market economy."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"31 July 1884","date":"1884-07-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Piła","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556200"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"2 February 1945","date":"1945-02-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Plötzensee Prison","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693653"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"},{"text":"resistance fighter","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397808"},{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"German National People's Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158227"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Tübingen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153978"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Anneliese Goerdeler","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94752690"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Goethe Medal for Art and Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396769","date":"1932"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Carl Friedrich Goerdeler born?","a":"Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was born on 31 July 1884 in Piła."},{"q":"What positions has Carl Friedrich Goerdeler held?","a":"Positions held by Carl Friedrich Goerdeler include: mayor."},{"q":"Where did Carl Friedrich Goerdeler study?","a":"Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was educated at University of Tübingen."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/carl-friedrich-goerdeler-5f646d6c94.jpg","width":500,"height":700,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0 de","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1993-069-06,_Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Carl Friedrich Goerdeler","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q57430","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57430","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1993-069-06, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1993-069-06,_Carl_Friedrich_Goerdeler.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1993-069-06, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.","cite":"\"Carl Friedrich Goerdeler\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/carl-friedrich-goerdeler. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-friedrich-goerdeler","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-friedrich-goerdeler","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-friedrich-goerdeler?lang=ne"}}