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Valkyrie - The Plot to Kill Hitler (Hardcover)
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Valkyrie - The Plot to Kill Hitler (Hardcover)
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When the Second World War broke out, Philipp von Boeselager fought
enthusiastically for his country, leading a cavalry unit first in
France and later on the Russian Front. However, when he discovered
what the SS were doing to Jews and Gypsies in the summer of 1942
his enthusiasm quickly turned to disgust. Along with his brother
Georg, he joined a group of conspirators in a plot to kill Adolf
Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. After several abortive assassination
attempts, including one in which von Boeselager was supposed to
shoot the Fuhrer with his own pistol, the plotters finally decided
on a plan to blow Hitler up with a bomb. Von Boeselager transported
the explosives and passed them on to Claus von Stauffenberg. He and
his brother then moved their cavalry units to Berlin to take
control of the city. When the plot failed, the SS instituted a
terrifying purge of senior army officers. In an attempt to disguise
their part in the conspiracy, the Boeselager brothers hurried back
to the eastern front with their units. One by one their fellow
plotters were found out, tortured and executed, and it is a
testimony to their fortitude that they never gave away the
Boeselagers' names. Georg von Boeselager eventually died in battle
on the Russian Front, but Philipp survived the war and outlived all
his fellow conspirators. His family still owns the pistol with
which he was supposed to shoot Hitler.
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