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1944
July
20
Key event
The 20 July plot
On 20 July 1944 Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg set off a bomb at the Wolf's Lair. Hitler survived, and the coup in Berlin collapsed that same night.
August
07
The trial of the 20 July plotters
On 7 August 1944 the first 20 July conspirators stood before Roland Freisler's People's Court. All eight were hanged at Plötzensee on 8 August.
1945
January
23
The execution of Helmuth James von Moltke
On 23 January 1945 Helmuth James von Moltke, founder of the Kreisau Circle, was hanged at Plötzensee, sentenced by Freisler for pondering Germany after Hitler.