Assassination attempts on Hitler

The German resistance was a group of people that did not like what Hitler and the Nazis were doing.  Members of the resistance engaged in active plans to remove Adolf Hitler from power and overthrow his throne.  However, there were barely any members in the resistance because most people were scared to death of Nazis and wouldn’t dare speak out against them for the sake of their lives.  Their plans included a plot to assassinate Hitler.

On July 20, 1944, an assassination attempt on Hitler was put into action. One of his top military officers, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, had placed a bomb in a suitcase under the table during a meeting at Hitler's Wolf's Lair. The assassination attempt failed because someone moved the briefcase containing a bomb, which had planted near Hitler's feet.  Von Stauffenberg had left the room before the bomb went off, and had returned to  where a group of high-ranking German army officers were planning to take control of the government after Hitler died.  The bomb exploded, but Hitler survived the blast with only injuries to his arm and some hearing loss.  Not everyone in the room was so lucky.  After the failed assassination, the SS arrested 7000 people, and it is estimated that almost 5000 Germans were executed after the July Plot. Hitler decided that the leaders should have a slow death. They were hung with piano wire from meat-hooks. Their executions were filmed and later shown to senior members of the armed forces.