Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (31 July 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a conservative German politician, executive, economist, civil servant and opponent of the Nazi regime. He opposed some anti-Jewish policies while he held office and opposed the Holocaust.
Goerdeler is described in the novel The Wallenberg Dossier.
Goerdeler would have served as the Chancellor of the new government in the July 1944 plot to overthrow Hitler. After his arrest, he gave names of numerous co-conspirators to the Gestapo, causing the arrests and executions of hundreds or even thousands of others. Goerdeler was executed by hanging on 2 February 1945.
