Georg Atzerodt
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Georg Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator involved in the plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georg Atzerodt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553093 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georg Atzerodt Context triple: [George Atzerodt, birthName, Georg Atzerodt]
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A.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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B.
Franz von Baader
Franz von Baader was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for integrating Christian mysticism, speculative theosophy, and social criticism into a distinctive form of Romantic philosophy.
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C.
Marinus van der Lubbe
Marinus van der Lubbe was a Dutch communist who was controversially convicted and executed by Nazi Germany for allegedly setting the Reichstag fire in 1933.
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D.
Claus von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for leading the failed 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
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E.
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg was a 19th-century German liberal politician and nobleman who played a leading role in the country’s progressive political movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georg Atzerodt Target entity description: Georg Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator involved in the plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson.
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A.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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B.
Franz von Baader
Franz von Baader was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for integrating Christian mysticism, speculative theosophy, and social criticism into a distinctive form of Romantic philosophy.
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C.
Marinus van der Lubbe
Marinus van der Lubbe was a Dutch communist who was controversially convicted and executed by Nazi Germany for allegedly setting the Reichstag fire in 1933.
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D.
Claus von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for leading the failed 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
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E.
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg was a 19th-century German liberal politician and nobleman who played a leading role in the country’s progressive political movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassin
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person ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestedOn | 1865-04-20 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Confederate sympathizers ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Germany
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1835-06-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dörnberg, Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
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conspiracy to assassinate Andrew Johnson ⓘ |
| citizenship |
German-American
ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conspiredWith |
David Herold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edman Spangler NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Surratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael O’Laughlen NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
conspiracy
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murder in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1865-07-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedAt | Old Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedOn | 1865-07-07 ⓘ |
| familyName | Atzerodt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Georg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
assignment to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson
ⓘ
participation in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| name | Georg Atzerodt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | failing to carry out the assigned assassination of Vice President Andrew Johnson ⓘ |
| occupation |
carriage painter
ⓘ
conspirator ⓘ |
| partOfEvent |
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Lincoln assassination conspiracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Port Tobacco, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| targetAssigned | Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| triedBy | United States military commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Georg Atzerodt Description of subject: Georg Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator involved in the plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.