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Georg Elser

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Also known as Johann Georg Elser

German opponent of Nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939 (1903–1945)

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1903
Died
1945
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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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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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