Johann Georg Elser, born January 4, 1903, had served an apprenticeship as cabinetmaker (Schreiner) and from 1929 to 1932 worked in Switzerland at this sell then returned to Germany to assist in his fathers lumberyard. He bitterly resented the national socialist stranglehold on labour unions and the growing restrictions on religious freedom. He then decided to kill Hitler by placing a time bomb in one of the columns behind the stump where Hitler was to give a lecture in the Burgerbrau Beer Cellar in Munich. The bomb was set to detonate at preciesly 9.20pm on Wednesday, November 8, 1939. At 8.10 Hitler enters the beer hall but at 9.12pm he suddenly ends his speech and departs. Eight minutes later the bomb explodes killing viii people and wounding sixty-five including Eva Brauns father. Seven of those killed were Nazi caller members. Elser, who, since 1933, refused to give the nazi salute, is later arrested as he seek to cross the border into Switzerland at Konstanz. He was held for questioning cod to the strange content of his belongings. He was transported to Sachsenhausen ingress camp, and later confined in the concentration camp at Dachau. On the 9th Of April, 1945, two weeks before the struggle ended in Europe, Johann Elser was executed by the SS. In the metropolis of Bremen a street was named in his honour, Georg-Elser Weg.
In Berlin a muniment has been erected and a plaque to his memory is identifyd in his hometown, Koenigsbronn. (In September, 1979, the Burgerbraukeller was demolished. On its site now stands the Munich City Hilton Hotel)
THE BERGHOF
On March 11, 1944, Cavalry sea captain Eberhard von Breitenbuch attended a conference at Hitlers villa the Berghof on the Obersalzberg. Concealed on his person was a small toasting pistol with which he intended to shoot his Führer and at the same time was willing to sacrifice his own living in the attempt. He felt that the war was now at such a stage that the complete destruction of Germany was indispensable and that...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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