page_title: 20 July plot
hierarchical_section_title: 20 July plot
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Attentat vom 20. Juli 1944 Besichtigung der zerstörten Baracke im Führerhauptquartier "Wolfsschanze" bei Rastenburg, Ostpreußen (v.l.n.r.: X (SS), Martin Bormann, X (SS), Hermann Göring (Luftwaffe), Bruno Loerzer (Generaloberst der Luftwaffe); X (Luftwaffe)) Information added by Wikimedia users.Polski: Zamach na Hitlera 20 lipca 1944 Widok zniszczonej sali narad sytuacyjnych w kwaterze Wolfsschanze w Gierłoży k. Kętrzyna. (na zdjęciu od lewej do prawej: Heinz Linge, Martin Bormann, Julius Schaub, Hermann Göring, Bruno Loerzer, n/n.)English: 20 july attenat The view of destroyed interior of briefing room in Hiler's headquatter Wolfsschanze near Rastenburg (Ketrzyn) in East Prussia. (from left to right Heinz Linge, Martin Bormann, Julius Schaub, Hermann Göring, Bruno Loerzer, unknown.)
context_page_description: On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The name Operation Valkyrie—originally referring to part of the conspiracy—has become associated with the entire event.
  The apparent aim of the assassination attempt was to wrest political control of Germany and its armed forces from the Nazi Party and to make peace with the Western Allies as soon as possible. The details of the conspirators' peace initiatives remain unknown, but they would have included unrealistic demands for the confirmation of Germany's extensive annexations of European territory.
  The plot was the culmination of efforts by several groups in the German resistance to overthrow the Nazi German government. The failure of the assassination attempt and the intended military coup d'état that was to follow led the Gestapo to arrest more than 7,000 people, of whom they executed 4,980.
context_section_description: On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The name Operation Valkyrie—originally referring to part of the conspiracy—has become associated with the entire event.
  The apparent aim of the assassination attempt was to wrest political control of Germany and its armed forces from the Nazi Party (including the SS) and to make peace with the Western Allies as soon as possible. The details of the conspirators' peace initiatives remain unknown, but they would have included unrealistic demands for the confirmation of Germany's extensive annexations of European territory.
  The plot was the culmination of efforts by several groups in the German resistance to overthrow the Nazi German government. The failure of the assassination attempt and the intended military coup d'état that was to follow led the Gestapo to arrest more than 7,000 people, of whom they executed 4,980.
caption: Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring, and Bruno Loerzer surveying the damaged conference room
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