Georg Elser

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Georg Elser was an opponent of Germany's NSDAP. In 1928 he joined the Red Front Fighters Association (German:Rotfrontkämpferbund), a paramilitary faction of the Communist party.In 1938 Elser attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a make shift bomb, but failed, resulting in the deaths of 8 people. Hitler had left 13 minutes prior.

He was arrested trying to cross into Switzerland on the day of the assassination (April 9).He was kept in a prison until 1945, when Hitler ordered his execution.

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