On 20 July 1940, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg tried to assassinate Adolph Hitler with a bomb--called the Valkyrie operation. Hitler survived the blast. On 21 July 1940, the Nazis executed Claus, and later his elder brother Berthold, and his uncle Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband, #238987755; and other members of the German Resistance.
On 20 July 1940, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg tried to assassinate Adolph Hitler with a bomb--called the Valkyrie operation. Hitler survived the blast. On 21 July 1940, the Nazis executed Claus, and later his elder brother Berthold, and his uncle Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband, #238987755; and other members of the German Resistance.
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