Georg Elser
Georg Elser | |
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Photo in a personnel file of Georg Elser from the Düsseldorf State Police Headquarters | |
| Born | Johann Georg Elser 4 January 1903 Hermaringen, Württemberg, German Empire |
| Died | 9 April 1945 (aged 42) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Occupation | Carpenter |
| Known for | Attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler |
Johann Georg Elser (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɛlzɐ] ⓘ; 4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German carpenter who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich (known as the Bürgerbräukeller Bombing). Elser constructed and placed a bomb near the platform from which Hitler was to deliver a speech. It did not kill Hitler, who left earlier than expected, but it did kill 8 people and injured 62 others. Elser was held as a prisoner for more than five years until he was executed at Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany.