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Bombing Hitler the story of the man who almost assassinated the Führer

Georg Elser was just a working-class citizen living in Munich, Germany. He was employed as a carpenter and had spent some time working in a watch factory. That all changed when he took it upon himself, without telling his family or friends, to single-handedly attempt to assassinate the most powerful...

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Main Author: Haasis, Hellmut G. 1942- (Author)
Other Authors: Odom, William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Skyhorse Publishing [2015]
Subjects:
Elser, Johann Georg > 1903-1945
Hitler, Adolf > 1889-1945 > Assassination attempt, 1939 (November 8)
Anti-Nazi movement > Germany > Biography
Germany > History > 1933-1945
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Table of Contents:
  • Hitler Speaks Under a Ticking Time Bomb
  • The Assasin Is Foiled at the Border
  • The Explosion
  • Searching the Rubble
  • Reaction to the Attack
  • The Evidence Mounts
  • From Konigsbronn to Berlin
  • Confession and Interrogation
  • Cult of Death: The Official Ceremony of November 11
  • The Search for the Instigators
  • Assasinville
  • Else's Youth and Working Years in Konnigsbronn
  • A Freer Life at Lake Constance
  • Back to Konnigsbronn
  • Assasination: The Decision
  • The Preparations
  • Night Work in the Burgerbraukeller
  • In the Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen
  • The End in Dachau
  • The Long Road to Recognition

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