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Valkyrie: The Story of the Plot to Kill Hitler, by Its Last Member

By Steven Rendall , Philip Freiherr Von Boeselager , Florence Fehrenbach , Jerome Fehrenbach

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2010
ISBN
0307454975, 9780307454973
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
3 MB (2915511 bytes)
Series
Vintage
Pages
224\0
Time added
2013-12-22 18:35:12

Description

When the Second World War broke out, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, then 25-years-old, fought enthusiastically for Germany as a cavalry officer. But after discovering Nazi crimes, von Boeselager’s patriotism quickly turned to disgust, and he joined a group of conspirators who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. In this elegant but unflinching memoir, von Boeselager gives voice to the spirit of the small but determined band of men who took a stand against the Third Reich in what culminating in the failed “Valkyrie” plot—one of the most fascinating near misses of twentieth-century history.

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