July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler

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• Tragedy and Hope pp. 657-659 · open book

  On July 20, 1944, however, success seemed near when Colonel Count Klaus Schenk von Stauffenberg, chief of staff of the Home Army, made his daily report to Hitler, and left the conference without picking up his briefcase, which rested against the leg of Der Führer's chair.

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