Hellmut G. Haasis - Bombning af Hitler: Historien om manden, der næsten myrdede Führer

A ticking time-bomb set to blow right under Hitler’s nose . . . will the plan work?Georg Elser was just an ordinary working-class citizen living in Munich, Germany. He was employed as a carpenter and had spent some time working in a watch factory. That all changed when he took it upon himself, without telling his family or friends, to single-handedly attempt to assassinate the most powerful man in all of Germany: the Führer, Adolph Hitler. Elser’s plan was centered on the Munich Beer Hall, where he knew Hitler would be making a speech. Working slowly and in secret, he started to assemble the bomb that he would use to try to kill Hitler. When finished, the bomb was hidden in a hollowed-out space near the speaker’s podium. The bomb went off successfully, killing eight people . . . but Hitler was not one of them. Bombing Hitler is an incredible tale that takes you back to 1939, and recreates the steps that led Elser from the Munich Beer Hall, to his attempted escape across the Swiss border, and sadly, to the concentration camp where his heroic life ended. Hear for the first time the epic and tragic story of a man who stood up for what he knew was right, opposed the most powerful man in Germany, and came close to single-handedly ending the war. 33 b&w photographs

Hellmut G. Haasis blev født i 1942 i byen Mühlacker i det sydvestlige Tyskland. Hans studier omfattede teologi, historie, sociologi og statskundskab. Han er forfatter til Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, genannt Jud Süß: Finanzier, Freidenker, Justizopfer og af Tod i Prag: Das Attentat auf Reinhard Heydrich. Han har også udgivet noveller, digte, dramaer og radiospil samt en roman på schwabisk dialekt. Han er modtager af Thaddäus Troll-prisen, Schubart-prisen og Civis-prisen.William Odom studerede på Freie Üniversität Berlin, og kom ind på universitetet i 1961, da byggeriet af muren begyndte. Han har en Ph.D. i tysk fra Tulane University. Han er forfatter til Tysk for sangere og oversætter af JAZZ: En fotohistorie af Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Hörspiel: En samling af moderne tyske radiospilog I morgen er vi i Schweiz: Red børnene i La Hille af Klaus Ihlau. Han har været professor i tysk i over fyrre år.