Johann Georg Elser (4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German worker 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. A time bomb that Elser constructed and placed near the speaking platform failed to kill Hitler but killed eight people and injured over sixty two others. Elser was held as a prisoner for over five years until executed at the Dachau concentration camp.
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4 January 1903 Hermaringen, Württemberg, Germany
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Died |
9 April 1945 (aged 42)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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