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This is an incomplete list of documented, realized attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler.[1]
All attempts occurred in the German Reich, except where noted. All attempts involved citizens of the German Reich, except where noted.
- Before 1933: Before the seizure of power; four attempts, including one with poison in the Hotel Kaiserhof (1930).
- After 1933: Ten attempts, including one by an unknown SA man in Obersalzberg and another by the Luttner group in Königsberg.
Date
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Location
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Attempted by
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1934
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Berlin
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Beppo Römer
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1934
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Berlin
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Helmut Mylius
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1934
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Unknown
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Unknown
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1934
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Unknown
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Unknown
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1935
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Berlin
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Marwitz group
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1935
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Berlin
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Paul Josef Stuermer
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December 20, 1936
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Nuremberg
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Helmut Hirsch
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1937
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Berlin
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Josef Thomas
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1937
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Berlin Sportpalast
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Unknown man in SS uniform
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November 9, 1938
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Feldherrnhalle, Munich
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Maurice Bavaud
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October 5, 1939
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Warsaw
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Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski,[2] Service for Poland's Victory
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November 8, 1939
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Bürgerbräukeller, Munich
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Johann Georg Elser
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1939
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Berlin
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Erich Kordt
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1940
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Paris, France
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Erwin von Witzleben
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1941
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Berlin
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Nikolaus von Halem
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1941-1943 (several)
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Berlin
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Beppo Römer
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1943
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Walki, USSR
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Hubert Lanz, Hans Speidel, Hyazinth Graf von Strachwitz
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March 13, 1943
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Flight to Smolensk, USSR
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Henning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff
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March 1943
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Smolensk, USSR
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Friedrich König, Philipp von Boeselager
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March 21, 1943
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Zeughaus, Berlin
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Henning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
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1943
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Wolf's Lair, East Prussia
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Unknown Pole
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1943
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Berlin
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Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
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November 16, 1943
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Wolf's Lair, East Prussia
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Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst
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January 1944
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Wolf's Lair, East Prussia
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Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
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March 11, 1944
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Berghof, Obersalzberg
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Eberhard von Breitenbuch
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1944 (several)
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Berlin
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Claus von Stauffenberg
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July 20, 1944
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Wolf's Lair, East Prussia
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Claus von Stauffenberg
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See also
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