194420 July 1944 · Berlin

20 July plot against Hitler

The Bendlerblock courtyard in Berlin, where Stauffenberg and fellow plotters were shot on 20 July 1944 — Photo: Stefan Kemmerling (Kemmi.1). CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg left a briefcase bomb in Hitler's East Prussian headquarters, then flew to Berlin to lead a coup from the army offices on Bendlerstraße. Hitler survived with minor injuries and the coup collapsed that night; Stauffenberg and three others were shot in the courtyard. Some 200 conspirators were later executed, many at Plötzensee prison.

Sites

Site 1: Bendlerblock and German Resistance Memorial CenterCourtyard where the plotters were shot, and an exhibition on German resistance.Map ↗
Site 2: Plötzensee MemorialExecution shed where many resisters were put to death.Map ↗
Site 3: Wolf's Lair, near Kętrzyn, PolandRuined bunkers of Hitler's headquarters, where the bomb went off.Map ↗

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