WOLFSSCHANZE

  • ARMY PLOT TO KILL HITLER NEARLY SUCCEEDS

    Wolf’s Lair, Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany • July 20, 1944 Adolf Hitler had been the target of 4 assassi­na­tion attempts before he became Germany’s head of state in January 1933 and perhaps 2 dozen more after­wards. On July 11, 1944, 36‑year-old Lt. Col. Claus von Stauf­fen­berg arrived at the Berg­hof on the Ober­salzberg, Hitler’s Bava­rian retreat near Berch­tes­gaden, carrying a…

  • PLOT TO KILL HITLER PUT ON HOLD

    The Berghof, Bavaria, Germany • July 11, 1944 Adolf Hitler had been the target of four assassi­na­tion attempts before he became head of state in January 1933 and perhaps two dozen after­wards. On this date in 1944 Lt. Col. Claus von Stauf­fen­berg arrived at the Berg­hof on the Ober­salzberg, Hitler’s Bava­rian retreat near Berch­tes­gaden, carrying a…

  • PLOT TO KILL HITLER POSTPONED

    The Berghof, Bavaria, Germany · July 11, 1944 Adolf Hitler had been the target of four assassi­na­tion attempts before he became head of state in January 1933 and perhaps two dozen after­wards. On this date in 1944 Lt. Col. Claus von Stauf­fen­berg arrived at the Berg­hof on the Ober­salz­berg, Hitler’s Bava­rian retreat near Berch­tes­gaden, carrying a…

  • PLOT TO KILL HITLER POSTPONED

    The Berghof, Bavaria, Germany · July 11, 1944 Adolf Hitler had been the target of four assassi­na­tion attempts before he became head of state in January 1933 and perhaps two dozen after­wards. On this date in 1944 Lt. Col. Claus von Stauf­fen­berg arrived at the Berg­hof on the Ober­salzberg, Hitler’s Bava­rian retreat near Berch­tes­gaden, carrying…