Valkyrie - Boeselager et al torrent

Category: History
Language: EnglishKeywords: valkyrie

Written by Boeselager et al
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When World War II erupted, Philipp von Boeselager, son of an aristocratic
Catholic family, fought enthusiastically for his country as a cavalry
lieutenant. But in the summer of 1942, when he witnessed the regime’s
criminal brutality toward Jews and Gypsies, his patriotism quickly turned
to disgust, and he joined a group of officers intent on killing Hitler.
After one aborted attempt—in which Boeselager was assigned to shoot
both Hitler and Heinrich Himmler—it was decided that a bomb would
be used to assassinate the Fuhrer.

Boeselager delivered the explosives and then led his unwitting men toward
Berlin in order to carry out the coup d’etat. When the bomb failed to
kill Hitler, the SS launched a terrifying purge of senior army officers.
Boeselager managed to return his units to the front before, one by one,
the other conspirators were rounded up, tortured, and executed. None
of them betrayed Boeselager.

In his unvarnished, harrowing testimony, Philipp von Boeselager - who
died on May 1, 2008 - gives eloquent voice to the courageous spirit
of these men whose profound sense of honor could not be dimmed by the
diabolical propaganda of the Third Reich.