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Georg Elser
Attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (–)
Johann Georg Elser (German:[ˈɡeːɔʁkˈɛlzɐ]ⓘ; 4 January &#;– 9 April ) was a German worker who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich (known as the Bürgerbräukeller Bombing). Elser constructed and placed a bomb nära the platform from which Hitler was to deliver a speech. It did not kill Hitler, who left earlier than expected, but it did kill 8 people and injured 62 others. Elser was held as a prisoner for more than fem years until he was executed at Dachau koncentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany.
Background
[edit]Family and early life
[edit]Georg Elser (the name normally used to refer to him) was born in Hermaringen, Württemberg, to Ludwig Elser (–) and Maria Müller (–). His parents married one year after his birth, and Maria moved to Königsbronn to live wi
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8. November (memorial)
8. November is the name of the Johann Georg Elser Memorial in Munich to commemorate the resistance fighters fighting against the Nazis. The monument is located in the Maxvorstadt district.
History
[edit]Main article: Johann Georg Elser §&#;Hitler assassination attempt
On 8 November , the carpenter Johann Georg Elser perpetrated in Munich's Bürgerbräukeller with a time bomb with the intention to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The attack failed; Elser was arrested and shortly before the end of the Second World War, was killed in the Dachau concentration camp.
Site and monument
[edit]To prepare for the assassination Elser moved to Munich in the summer of The monument is located close to the former site of the room he had rented.
The monument was designed by artist Silke Wagner. The monument is made of aluminium and glass forming the lettering "8 November ". The elements are arranged in a circle in a way that represents an explosion. Every night
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German Resistance Memorial Center 7 Georg Elser and the Assassination Attempt of November 8,
As early as , the carpenter Georg Elser decided to kill the leading National Socialists—Hitler, Göring, and Goebbels. He hoped this act would prevent the impending war. Knowing that Hitler regularly gave a speech in the Munich Bürgerbräukeller on November 8 to mark the anniversary of his attempted putsch in , Elser gained access to the venue and found that the hall was not guarded. He systematically prepared his assassination attempt, constructing a detonator mechanism and obtaining explosives. In the summer of , Elser spent several weeks preparing a supporting pillar in the event hall to conceal the explosive device.
On November 8, , Hitler left the assembly room unexpectedly only minutes before the explosion, and thus evaded the assassination attempt. Customs officers in Constance arrested Elser at around the same time, as he was attempting to escape to Switzerland.