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FrI STZ eepe.-O4al,ly .shocked by the fact that losses in men which ran into.'::.
1.12" ci .r. d va tili;i4siaide ' as ...it STALINGRAD, did not make the slightest impreiiiion,
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v.,,■ ZEITZLEB; Yearned within those short weeks to recognize • HITLER' s• • :
x '..- to :'',e • .
. • . . and . to hate. and despise . him because of his Personal char —s,-
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q. .:0":pf,12,4t.X8 .4)1.4 ,3'6hC..was., not yet thinking about the overthrowing of the FUEMEA'.
Heratthet4c74,iis,idelije'cl-It his .duty, 'dome what ram, to remain at his Post..
'fii',:aiii:BSC:i ..3:t'aiIity' of the Collapse was . painfully clear to him and to the ()fel-.
ko, Cor:E.I .:9±.'0.110,Pers:-.4:onS] ,
Sea. . They continued to work out of a sense .of dUty; , '
,e..nd.,..withOu'Veinyi,hope
'41ommtunc)
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itt.:Oita'thie ' ..impression to Admiral CANARIS; the ,decision
*VP/ ,..»,,;;"' vAti .. - -,.. . . . • • —,
VIELE1 reache d
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..t.toi,/ ,;.41 o 'tEITZL 1.3Bdt. the plans. .
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-let) :141.1`'4:• l'.....'.%::.':. ' . , '
....Intt: 'et ..egir,s'skifIxthe4,.y.ear 1943, particularly in the fall and winterithe,
M '• i '11q1::?14iii:P.i,t0;ii, li I T I, 71 ,' . ripened: There were various .idese.":.9,e'',-ta . 't,hei,,-;$
'344.001.44,41,Y,i,lr, =0..p.2 . . .For a long time it was hoped . that 4.4.:..ropo-tz:4..i,
i4114441.7.4.Vg .,i,Pne•.'0±" HITLER i s so-called' "visits to theifiorit",..,.'
, ITLER ! e.:,tVisits'usually carried him only as
•-,11!^ ' 3.'.:' ' ' , , • . i fir. as
.
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'q,iii to.i:; a e well as at 4.rri,y oGroup SOUTH preparations
'11'
' .for
, .waiti
in
did'r:' not 'come co pass, because HITLER 'O'Ould,::ne.ii
Ti
41;,,,:41,O).'.12e.kee. visit to l'. the front', Thus the decieion::Wee:i,:gridi477.,,,,k,„.6:,,,,
., 4.21g441.iaut,:,the : overthrow of HITLER, and if possibl.e.,led,lith1/4,A.A.V,i,i'.:'
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11,04ii.,,,,41,46i..,,:
.:51.eteriV.on 7 .
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I had ocoasiOn to
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speak to thei--fdllowing-
lef.:4„\aol„.:ealv „.prisOners, like myself:: OBST VON OANNPT,g.P.4,-:;06*-ein7-;k:'•i_
SION744.5:B11043, 7.11G;:.: MAJ VON•HASSELT, eon of the
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diplomat, and MAJ44
?,ai.,f;,, t,.„.0.,.:,ri,e, - f , d. :ii;4' i.. ‘a.reh,a3,., '
T hese ise • thre e officers
. wore, apprehended:140),
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rereltlirp-4.,d';gi,,Ve,:isadetailed ad cpunt of the
ilingr attempted 'ekeeUtion.?tta.,_
."k4Vo'ii ..-i:,:,::p'art of the story, as far as I can
VON reali;*:Tii
swkiii-..,, , -- , E.1, 8 ••••:.tole: . .- "-
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T OF,,MBERG, as :0 of S:to the Commander of tho ReplaceMent.:.
%•?:e;,.FT.I.STRFA.:1 liq,t;O: give an account on the
Thip.i
state'-. ..6f ..:,the ',.:
../..epiirt'yreis to 1 be • delivered as part of
..(
'the...''66.7.C.11ed:=,,:
L4,GEB.E3pRECHUNG)....in '
tpel, ,,O0ip which HITLER, KEITEL, JODI4:1EIZZL:Efl,;'
.e.irs. took
,,,
., part daily. Often' HIMi
,07
.v.ILER , and occasionally
.xma
e:vpKki3ikriV.,-.:,..7;STAUFF.WBGi:had ..*.if
,i •
no control over
t 1..9.., 14*4,613..e...',.:::On the des thp:app0A4t11.14,ik;N
ignated day STAUFFENBEG .
fdiF,; .
fle.w.'iin:}48;;944, ,....t,i
::. to •;,,,' • ..",' ..AV
li4er-fit '(:)F.UE1-LtiF4/1.;,:Hq:•at. Lotrzitrp .:1,a,st mfrsW
,. t''''' 1' • ''.-:".,-; :,: %:- V • , .! • : • 7 • .. , •
Prussia.'
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He had
alkle:rg
,ilith--1114a, •large, , ,..t..,4-. CY r 4,••• 1...
t'.:,-.'''4''..,,A,0'!
It
EwgraRhe ,' .for':;.his ri0Ort, and also a briefoase with.. eistrpng C'4' ,p
1510
o7:f..4f:t3i,4arriving :;!tt . the ::
. ore
FUEHRER
ererieeN.-.40I.would .
.Hq,STAUFF'DIButgl,deeia-ted'.i'iliii7-;
.,$:,,,;•, have to go into the donferenca room t;o,,lay.:Oizt'..::. .:,■..,
!DM BM
.14,i,.. hm **At, -4..
rapḥhis4i;:evy%;:pi.,,v.:,,,i,Ș.1%,..U, IT,.ENB ER. G. :'heid the opportunity, immediately..,before-,
COnfte 4/10
+04:-,re.
t.,..04g0..f!...13..1gt0,iiritci,:.:t.:Iiii "edinf .
„tab,le
erenee rooM. He' spread his
atotthe:;yiewSof:,;thet'floOr;:,: lie/loath the table was obstraCted.%
miaPP;'‘pl.r.e:".'1.0''n''rFr5rzil
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Under
3ici . 9. kwa , ;it:p.:1404f In v. r.0..,..t is::0,a, 0,i4{4::6
t • • ,
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,4•FIA■4 ri 6,14:i 81 .1:1_,1 he,.•ple.oad the briefcase with the ..explosiVe"
''.ht-x-74P)''an rMR.:14W,?--..,ig4f0',..,...::., .::'...:-. .. . . ...
, S. inc:erth. i-t6ation'.i 4plifer.enCea usually . ..
TwaIsti'A'ti'ḍ:.
lasted several hours, .and ' STA,UFF ....,
Ihe
report-i.,:itWas not noticeable that he loft the
egofkt/i.#6.6nterenCe::,y
'.F.LTEHEI.I .
.,WithoU.t:waiting for
4P11.511:
the explosion he...fle.4.3idie
pc *laa.:tirenVlioilkieCCte,Qtli ive . ;;;I ik;.., , , - , . ,,.):,; OLBRIOHT . that the assaesination
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viiis,!iocOnl-,;;*,