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Philipp Von Boeselager Last of the conspirators in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler, whose role remained undetected until after the war
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker May 06, 2008 03:51pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Daily Telegraph |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 6, 2008 09:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Philipp Von Boeselager, who died on Thursday aged 90, was the last surviving conspirator in two failed attempts to assassinate Hitler during the Second World War, including the July 20 plot for which most of his co-conspirators were executed.
Boeselager was one of eight Wehrmacht officers who planned to shoot Hitler and the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, on a visit to the eastern front in March 1943, but the plot was called off in Himmler's absence.
In July 1944 Boeselager and his brother Georg were among 200 men and women involved in a second assassination attempt when a bomb was planted under a table in Hitler's eastern headquarters in East Prussia, now part of Poland, known as the Wolf's Lair. |
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