Günther Smend (29 November 1912 – 8 September 1944) was a German Army officer and a member of the resistance involved in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Günther Smend joined the army as an officer cadet in 1932, and was deployed along with his unit, Infantry Regiment No.
He shared the plotters' worry that the war would lead to defeat owing to Hitler's incompetence.
On 30 August 1944 he was sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof, with Roland Freisler presiding, as an accessory, and on 8 September 1944 he was hanged at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.
They had three children, despite long separations due to wartime service: Henriette, Rudolf and Axel.