0544714431 (N) by Danny Orbach

Author:Danny Orbach
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

This chain of setbacks nearly stalled the conspiracy. However, on the same day that Goerdeler was going into hiding, a new ray of hope appeared. Stauffenberg was ordered to attend a Führer briefing on July 20. He decided to make another attempt on Hitler’s life.

On July 18, while the conspirators were busy making final preparations, Fritz von der Schulenburg decided to leave Berlin for a day in order to celebrate the birthday of his wife, Charlotte. After a “jolly party” with his family, Schulenburg shared with her his fears, hopes, and expectations. “The chances are fifty-fifty,” he finally said.69 Tresckow told his friend Margarethe von Oven, “I won’t have you in Berlin when it happens. The assassination is a job for men. I want you to be out of it. If we need you, I’ll send a plane.” On July 19, alerts were sent to as many conspirators as possible. Stauffenberg was engaged in preparations of his own. In the evening, he asked his driver to stop in front of a Catholic church, where he prayed for a few minutes. A chance visitor in the Bendlerstrasse later recalled that the count was peaceful and kind. He was ready for the most difficult trial of his life.70

On the morning of July 20, 1944, Count Claus von Stauffenberg left his home in Wannsee, to be driven to the airport en route to Hitler’s headquarters in East Prussia. His briefcase held a bomb designed to change the course of history. The moment of truth had finally come.

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