Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hilter

Author:   Helmut Ortner ,  Ross Benjamin
Publisher:   Skyhorse Publishing
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9781616083830


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   21 June 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hilter


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Living as a carpenter who had spent time working in a watch factory, Georg Elser was just an ordinary member of society living in Munich. That is, until he took it upon himself to attempt to assassinate the Führer, Adolph Hitler. Being a common man who opposed the Nazi regime, Elser used his skills that he had learned to assemble his own bomb detonator. Every night, he would head to the Munich Beer Hall, where he would work on assembling the bomb that he planned to kill Hitler with, in a hollowed out space near the speaker's podium. The bomb went off successfully, killing eight people. Hitler was not one of them. This is the story, scene by scene, of the events that led up to Georg Elser taking justice into his own hands, his attempt to murder the Führer, and what happened after the bomb went off. The Lone Assassin is a powerfully gripping tale that places you in 1939, as you follow Elser from the Munich Beer Hall, across the border, and sadly, to the concentration camp, where his heroic life ended.

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Author:   Helmut Ortner ,  Ross Benjamin
Publisher:   Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint:   Skyhorse Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.361kg
ISBN:  

9781616083830


ISBN 10:   1616083832
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   21 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Perhaps as thorough a study of the people involved and significance of the events as can be constructed. --Publishers Weekly


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Helmut Ortner lives and works as a freelance writer and has published over twenty books, mostly on social topics and on issues of justice. He lives in Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Ross Benjamin is a writer and translator. His literary criticism has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Bookforum, The Nation and other publications. He lives in Nyack, New York.

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