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The Plot to Assassinate Hitler: Eight of the Officers Are Found Guilty and Hanged – 8 August 1944

On 8 August 1944, eight of the army officers who tried to assassinate Hitler in a bomb plot, were found guilty by the People’s Court and hanged the same day.

To mark this massive ‘What if?…’ episode, here is a newspaper story (published on 9 August 1944) that reports on the plot, trial and executions of the brave officers.

Dundee Courier – Wednesday 09 August 1944

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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19440809/047/0003

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