Schacht arrested after July 20 plot
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- Lords of Finance whole source · open book
Following the failed July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler, Schacht was also arrested and imprisoned in Berlin—not because of any evidence of his complicity but because of his potential usefulness as a hostage or an intermediary in future negotiations with the Allies.
chapter: 22. THE CARAVANS MOVE ON - 1933-44