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Hitler’s would-be assassin

Were von Stauffenberg’s motives heroic or high treason?

Claus von Stauffenberg and Albrecht von Quirnheim in Ukraine, 1942.
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Consider what German people were thinking in 1943–44 about the war and their Führer’s conduct of it as Germany suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of the Allies. Also, think about high treason; what is it? What drives people to attempt assassination?

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