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  • Germany honors resisters who tried to assassinate Hitler

    03/05/2022 7:12:36 AM PST · by GonzoII · 31 replies
    AP ^ | July 19, 2019 | GEIR MOULSON
    BERLIN (AP) — Germany is marking the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to kill Adolf Hitler, honoring those who resisted the Nazis — who were stigmatized for decades as traitors — as pillars of the country’s modern democracy amid growing concerns about the resurgence of the far-right. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will speak Saturday at an annual swearing-in ceremony for some 400 troops before addressing a memorial event, paid tribute ahead of the anniversary to executed plot leader Col. Claus von Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators and highlighted their importance to modern Germany. “Only if we understand our...
  • Valkyrie: The Real Col. von Stauffenberg

    01/19/2009 10:23:03 PM PST · by Coleus · 17 replies · 2,416+ views
    thenewamerican ^ | Monday, 05 January | Selwyn Duke
    On a sultry July day in 1944, a man walks into the "Wolf's Lair" carrying a briefcase. He is initiating a bold plot, one that aims to assassinate one of the world's most ruthless and powerful men, Adolf Hitler, and topple the whole of his Nazi government. Integral to this ambitious coup is what lies in his briefcase, a bomb.  It is set to detonate ... the wheels are in motion. It is only a matter of time now.  The man was Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the driving force behind what became known as the July 20...