DareDevil
05-02-2008, 09:13 AM
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer Fri May 2, 10:58 AM ET
BERLIN - Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, has died. He was 90.
The German military said in a statement Friday that the former army major died Thursday night. It did not give a cause of death.
Von Boeselager was part of a group of officers who tried to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944, supplying explosives for the operation led by Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_eu/obit_von_boeselager_2
Boeselager may have failed in his attempt, but he was still a man of honour and courage.
May he rest in peace. :(
BERLIN - Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, has died. He was 90.
The German military said in a statement Friday that the former army major died Thursday night. It did not give a cause of death.
Von Boeselager was part of a group of officers who tried to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944, supplying explosives for the operation led by Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg.
(...)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_eu/obit_von_boeselager_2
Boeselager may have failed in his attempt, but he was still a man of honour and courage.
May he rest in peace. :(