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Staatsstreich. Der lange Weg zum 20. Juli. Paperback – March 1, 1997

German Edition by Joachim Fest (Author)
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On 7/20/44, with WWII reaching climax, a group of German anti-Nazi conspirators, led by a dashing, highly decorated young count, Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, detonated a bomb at the E. Prussia military headquarters of Hitler. Altho the bomb failed to maim or kill Hitler, the explosion dramatically announced to the world the existence of a secret, indigenous opposition to the Nazi regime. In this definitive new book, Joachim Fest, an acclaimed biographer of Adolf Hitler, details the events leading up to 7/20, the tense, confused moments before the explosion, & the roundup & executions that followed. Fest recounts the heroic & unsuccessful efforts of senior military officials to persuade the Allies to help them oust the Nazis. He recreates the ill-fated schemes to blow up Hitler's private plane & to kill the Fuhrer at the opening of a museum exhibition. Cataloged here are no fewer than 15 separate assassination attempts during Hitler's reign, attempts that on several occasions came within minutes-or inches-of succeeding, but always in some instances because of bad timing or poor planning; in others, because of the omnipresent scrutiny of the Gestapo or Hitler's own instinct for danger. In the end, however, Fest's singular accomplishment is to portray the human side of the German resistance-the conviction & resolve that gave them the courage to defy almost impossible odds, & the fatal indecisiveness that caused them to fail time & again. Plotting Hitler's Death will stands as one of the definitive accounts of a tortured, misunderstood era.PrefaceThe resistance that never wasThe army succumbsThe September plotFrom Munich to ZossenThe new generationThe army groupsStauffenbergThe eleventh hourJuly 20, 1944Persecution & judgmentThe wages of failureNotesNote on the TextsChronologyShort BiographiesIndex
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    415 pages
  2. Language
    German
  3. Publisher
    btb
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 1997
  5. ISBN-10
    3442721067
  6. ISBN-13
    978-3442721061
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ btb (March 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ German
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 415 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3442721067
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3442721061
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.58 pounds
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Bernd
5.0 out of 5 stars Zuverlässig und schnell
Reviewed in Germany on March 6, 2024
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Buch wurde schnell und gut verpackt geliefert. Qualität entspricht der Beschreibung. Insgesamt sehr gut.
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Reviewed in France on April 8, 2019
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Prilblume
5.0 out of 5 stars Pflichtlektüre!
Reviewed in Germany on January 22, 2014
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Selten hat ein Buch so detailliert, spannend und bewegend die Geschichte des Widerstandes im Nazideutschland dargestellt. Exakt recherchiert und eindringlich geschildert, sollte es meiner Meinung nach eine Pflichtlektüre in den weiterführenden Schulen sein!
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5.0 out of 5 stars ZEEV TZUR ARAD ISRAEL
Reviewed in Germany on November 9, 2014
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The Best book on this theme.
The book gives the Reader all the history of German resistance to Hitler with the portrety of its Heroes. My Best recomendations!
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