Georg Elser
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German opponent of Nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939 (1903–1945)
Key facts
- Born
- Johann Georg Elser , ( 1903-01-04 ) 4 January 1903, Hermaringen , Württemberg , German Empire
- Died
- 9 April 1945 (1945-04-09) (aged 42), Dachau concentration camp , Dachau , Bavaria , Nazi Germany
- Cause of death
- Execution by shooting
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Known for
- Attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hermaringen
- Place of death
- Dachau
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Official website
- georg-elser.de
- Image
- Georg Elser a (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Georg Elser
- date of birth
- 1903-01-04
- date of death
- 1945-04-09
- topic's main category
- Category:Johann Georg Elser
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- Georg Elser
- birth name
- Johann Georg Elser
- place of detention
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- name in native language
- Georg Elser
- nickname
- L'homme qui a failli tuer Hitler
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Encyclopedic overview
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Johann Georg Elser ( German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɛlzɐ] ; 4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German carpenter who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich (known as the Bürgerbräukeller Bombing). Elser constructed and placed a bomb near 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 five years until he was executed at Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany.
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