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During the Holocaust (1933-1945), there were many assassination attempts on prominent Nazis. Some were successful, such as the murder of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. Others, such as the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, were not. Explore more content related to wartime assassination attempts, their targets, and those responsible.  

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Reinhard Heydrich (left), Nazi governor of Bohemia and Moravia, with Karl Hermann Frank, his deputy. [LCID: 76579]
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Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Participants in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler and members of the "Kreisau Circle" resistance group on trial before the ... [LCID: 03641]
Timeline Event
Attempt to Assassinate Hitler
The damaged car of SS General Reinhard Heydrich after an attack by Czech agents working for the British. [LCID: 77944]
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Attempt to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich
Carl Heinrich Langbehn, an attorney who was slated for a possible cabinet seat had the July 1944 attempt on Hitler's life succeeded, ... [LCID: 15883]
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Attorney Carl Heinrich Langbehn
The bodies of SS General Reinhard Heydrich's assassins and five other operatives were displayed in front of the Carlo Boromeo Church (now the St. Cyril and Methodius Church).
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Bodies of Czech resistance fighters in front of the Carlo Boromeo Church
Carl Goerdeler, former mayor of Leipzig and a leader of the July 1944 conspiracy to kill Hitler, stands trial before the People's ... [LCID: 19911]
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Carl Goerdeler
Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) Erwin Rommel commanded German forces during the campaign in North Africa. [LCID: na110]
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Erwin Rommel
Execution site at the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including ... [LCID: 15643]
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Execution site at the Ploetzensee prison
Entrance to the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including many ... [LCID: 15642]
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German Resistance to Hitler
Destruction of Lidice [LCID: dfd0411l]
Timeline Event
Germans Destroy Lidice
Josef Gabnik, a Czech resistance fighter and parachutist who participated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi governor ... [LCID: 82774]
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Jozef Gabčík
Participants in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler and members of the "Kreisau Circle" resistance group on trial before the ... [LCID: 03641]
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July 20, 1944, Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Lidice in smoke. The Nazis destroyed the Czech village in reprisal for the assassination by Czech resistance fighters of Reinhard ... [LCID: 51268]
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Lidice: The Annihilation of a Czech Town
Ludwig Beck, one time chief of the Army General Staff. [LCID: 80528]
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Ludwig Beck
Execution site at the Ploetzensee prison. At Ploetzensee, the Nazis executed hundreds of Germans for opposition to Hitler, including ... [LCID: 15643]
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Non-Jewish Resistance
Eugen Bolz, a member of the Catholic opposition to Hitler, during his trial before the People's Court. [LCID: 15881]
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On trial for opposing Hitler

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