Philipp von Boeselager, a former German army officer who took part in a failed Hitler assassination attempt, who has died
Von Boeselager obtained explosives used in the assassination attempt
The last known survivor of a group of German army officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 has died aged 90, his family says.
Philipp von Boeselager provided the explosives used to pack a briefcase planted under a table in the Nazi leader's East Prussia headquarters.
But the briefcase was moved behind one of the oak table's wooden legs, and Hitler escaped with only slight wounds.
Most of the plotters were executed, but Mr Von Boeselager escaped detection.
Among those executed - just hours after the assassination attempt - was Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who planted the briefcase and after whom the plot was named.
Mr Von Boeselager died overnight on Thursday, his family said.
I may be indifferent to the news item itself, but I have a question regarding Hitler's assasination plot.
What is the actual image of those guys (von Stauffenberg & other involved officers) in Germany? I heard that to the average German they are a bunch of scumbag traitors. Is that true?
A moment of silence for one of those who tried to put down a mad dog.
When ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.
—Abraham Lincoln
People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
Tolya wrote:
What is the actual image of those guys (von Stauffenberg & other involved officers) in Germany? I heard that to the average German they are a bunch of scumbag traitors. Is that true?
No and whoever told you that certainly doesn't know much about Germany.
May I ask where you are from? (If you are British, I wouldn't be too surprised).
Whoever says "education does not matter" can try ignorance
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A decision must be made in the life of every nation at the very moment when the grasp of the enemy is at its throat. Then, it seems that the only way to survive is to use the means of the enemy, to rest survival upon what is expedient, to look the other way. Well, the answer to that is 'survival as what'? A country isn't a rock. It's not an extension of one's self. It's what it stands for. It's what it stands for when standing for something is the most difficult! - Chief Judge Haywood
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Tolya wrote:I may be indifferent to the news item itself, but I have a question regarding Hitler's assasination plot.
What is the actual image of those guys (von Stauffenberg & other involved officers) in Germany? I heard that to the average German they are a bunch of scumbag traitors. Is that true?
Quite the opposite. They are viewed as heroes, especially in the Bundeswehr.
