85 years ago today Georg Elser's bomb exploded. He carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.
85 years ago today Georg Elser's bomb exploded. He carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.
Hitler survived as he left 13 minutes before the explosion
Elser was arrested and executed in 1945
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Is this the guy Tom Cruise plays in the Valkyrie movie?
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No, Tom Cruise plays Claus von Stauffenberg in that movie.
If you're interested in a movie about Georg Elser's assassination attempt, I recommend the German movie 13 Minutes (2015) (German: Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert).
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