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Paragraph: There are people these days who believe that all Germans loved and supported Hitler. In reality, Germans are known for some of the most famous assassination attempts on Hitler. These Germans rebelled because of Hitler's violent ways of ruling. Unfortunately, anyone who opposed Hitler was executed if they were caught by the SchutzStaffel (SS), the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), or the security police (Gestapo). There were many people who were against him before he was in power and there were others that came to realize his ways were wrong. People who opposed Hitler had to be brave because their lives were all at risk. Many of the conspirators used religion as a target to make people hate Hitler because the acts of murder that he was commiting were a great sin. This moral threat against Hitler was created by Helmuth James Graf von Moltke. As expected by most, he was later executed by Hitler. The most famous of all German rebels was Count Claus von Stauffenberg. At the age of 27, Stauffenberg was already promoted to a lieutenant. By 1936, he was promoted to the rank of Captain for the war. He received the Iron Class Fisrt Class award in 1940. Stauffenberg later loses his left eye, right hand, and two fingers on his left hand in the war. Eventually he realizes that the only solution to the war is to kill Hitler. He organized the most famous assassination attempt on Hitler in history. The plan was called operation Valkerie. Stauffenberg carried a suitcase with a bomb in it into Hitler's meeting room called the Wolf's Lair. He places the bomb under a table and proceeds to take a phone call in another room. The bomb blows up the room killing four people and injuring seven. Unfortunately, Hitler survives with a damaged ear drum and burns to his left side. Stauffenberg was executed for plotting against Hitler.

Part 2 of project: My project discusses the assassintation attempts on Adolf Hitler by German rebels. Most people believe that Hitler only had enemies in other countries in Europe, but in reality, some of his greatest enemies were right in Germany. All of Europe wanted Hitler dead, but none of the countries had the guts to try and kill him until his own country tried to do it first. These men all had a very obvious reason for wanting dead: his means to achieve power.

There were many rebels against Hitler, but these men needed LEADERSHIP!!! Fortunately the rebels found these leaders in some very strong willed men. The first rebel leader was Helmuth James Graf von Moltke. Another leader, the most famous of them all was Count Claus von Stauffenberg. These men were in charge of organizing assassination attempts on Hitler. The first attempt was made on Hitler's plane. A bomb was placed on the plane in hopes to blow him up, but the Nazi's found it and removed it. The conspirators against Hitler were executed shortly after. The last attempt was operation Valkerie. This operation was the most famous of all the attempts to kill Hitler. A bomb in a suitcase was hoped to have killed Hitler in a meeting, but he was one of the few survivors and the plan failed. Once again the people plotting to kill Hitler were executed.

The first plot was on Hitler's plane sometime in early 1944. Operation Valkerie took place on July 20 1944 in Hitler's hideout called the Wolf's Lair. At 12:32 the bomb was placed and if all went well, the bomb would go off ten minutes later. The bomb did go off as planned at 1:32.

This amazing plot was pulled off due to courageous hearts and silver tongues. Due to the fact that only Hitler could sign the Valkerie plot papers, it took some crazy convincing and unfair terms in the fine print to get him to sign it. Assuming that Hitler was dead, the rebel forces began to try and take control of Berlin. Hitler quickly announced that he hadn't been killed and Valkerie was ruined. If the bomb in the Wolf's Lair had killed Hitler, who knows how many lives could have been saved.

The most intersting aspect of my project was how the men who planned these attacks got into a point of trust with Hitler. All of the men who plotted against him were very high in rank because of their efforts serving Hitler. Eventually as these men got higer in rank, they realized his means of achieving power were corrupt and unjust. The fact that these men had the courage to try and overthrow their evil leader is not only insane, but it brings hope to the people being oppresed.

This project hits me personally because there are a lot of people that I know that don't like Germany or anyone with German ancestors because of World War II. They think that all Germans were Nazi's at one point. This is a terrible illusion because most Germans actually hated Hitler, but they would lose their lives along with their family's lives if they tried to overthrow him. This story about the German rebels is so important to me because it proves that not all Germans Hailed Hitler. The world is much too stereotypical against Germans so this is kind a slap in the face to all those people who hate Germans because it's not like they all were for genocide.

I have learned a lot from doing this project about the great German rebels and how they were so close to killing the world's enemy number 1. If it weren't for their efforts and sacrifice, the others countries may have never surrounded Berlin and ultimately sent Hitler to his death.

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