Limited to: Words in the TITLE "plots against Hitler"
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The plots against Hitler / Danny Orbach. |
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Physical Description |
xvi, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"A new and definitive account of the anti-Nazi underground in Germany and its numerous plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Opposition in flames -- "That damned mare!" : the army top-brass scandal -- The officer, the mayor and the spy -- "In the darkest colors" : the decision of General Beck -- The bird and its cage : first attempt at coup d'état -- Without a network : the lone assassin -- The point of no return : pogrom and war -- The spirit of Zossen : when networks fail -- Signs in the darkness : rebuilding the conspiracy -- On the wings of thought : networks of imagination -- Brokers on the frontline : the new strategy -- War of extermination : the conspirators and the Holocaust -- Flash and liqueur bottles : assassinations attempts in the East -- Codename U-7 : rescue and abyss -- Count von Stauffenberg : the charismatic turn -- Thou shalt kill : the problem of tyrannicide -- A wheel conspiracy : the Stauffenberg Era -- The final showdown : July 20, 1944 -- The shirt of Nessus -- Motives in the twilight -- Networks of resistance -- Epilogue : knights in dirty armor : "heroes of the resistance and us." |
Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts.
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Heads of state -- Germany -- Biography.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Opposition (Political science) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Assassins -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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