Next-of-kin of those killed in the blast were also given this award. On 20 August 1944, Hitler personally presented survivors of the bomb blast with a gold '20 July 1944 '. Von Stauffenberg, his adjutant, and several co-conspirators were arrested and shot the same evening outside the in Berlin.
News arrived from the Wolf's Lair that Hitler was still alive, and troops loyal to the Nazi regime quickly re-established control of key government buildings. The attempted assassination of Hitler at the Wolf Lair was part of, a covert plan to take control and suppress any revolt in the following Hitler's death. The two men reached the outer limit of the Wolfsschanze security zones and were allowed to catch their plane back to in Berlin.įrom Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. It was between here and the final checkpoint of Sperrkreis 3 that Haeften tossed another briefcase from the car containing an unused second bomb. According to the official report, 'at first the guard refused passage until Stauffenberg persuaded him to contact the adjutant to the compound commander who then finally authorized clearance'. Surveys the conference room destroyed by the suitcase bomb left by on The alarm had been raised by the time they reached the guard house at the perimeter of Sperrkreis 2. Radio Wolfsschanze Average ratng: 7,5/10 9623 votes
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