Life In Nazi Germany: july bomb plot & public criticism during the war. Flashcards
who was it led by?
colonel claus graf von stauffenberg.
who was colonel graf?
member of german nobility, army officer.
what did colonel claus agree with initially?
many of nazis nationalistic policies.
what lead to colonel claus wanting to plot against hitler?
- as the war progressed he became disillusioned with nazi leadership and disagreed with the policies against jews.
- following injuries sustained fighting allies in Tunisian in 1947.
what did the colonels injuries sustained fighting the allies in Tunisian lead to in terms of his thoughts?
became convinced that Germany was being lead into disaster and the only way to stop it was to remove hitler.
what injuries did the colonel sustain in Tunisia?
lost his left eye, right hand, 2 fingers on his left hand.
how did the colonel gain support/ introduce his ideas to like minded people?
during recovery in Germany, he came into contact with other people who shared his views.
what type of group did he join?
resistance group.
what did the resistance group do?
took charge of planning and leading an assassination attempt.
who lead the resistance group/ assassination attempt?
ludwig beck and henning von tresckow.
what was the plan to kill hitler called?
initiate operation valkyne.
wha t would operation valkyne allow?
emergency order to allow plotters to use reserve army to remove SS and gestapo.
by summer 1944 why was the groups time running out?
gestapo closing in.
what new role was colonel given?
appointed chief of staff to the reserve army.
what did the colonels new role allow?
direct contact with the fuhrer regularly.
what was hitlers assassination attempt?
bring a case full of explosives to a meeting with hitler, set it to detonate and escape before it exploded.
how many assassination attempts were there?
2 previously.
when was the attempt made?
early July.
when was it and describe the assassination attempt?
20 july. he made attempt in hitlers eastern prussian headquarters at rastenburg.
12:30pm shortly after meeting began he excused himself.
in the washroom he fixed detonator into explosive contained in a case.
returned to meeting slid case under table near hitler, received planned telephone call and made exit.
when did the bomb detonate?
12:40 pm.
what did the colonel do after hearing the bomb go off?
flew to berlin to take charge of wider coup against nazis.
what were the issues with the assassination?
didn’t kill hitler. heavy table leg deflected blast.
what happened after blast in berlin?
heard on radio he was alive.
him and conspirators arrested.
tried hastily arranged court martial and executed by firing squad, same night.
buried immediately, next day body dug up by SS and removed medals from uniform.
