Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler

This is an incomplete list of documented, realized attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler.^[1]

All attempts occurred in the German Reich, except where noted. All attempts involved citizens of the German Reich, except where noted.

• Before 1933: Before the seizure of power; four attempts, including one with poison in the Hotel Kaiserhof (1930).
• After 1933: Ten attempts, including one by an unknown SA man in Obersalzberg and another by the Luttner group in Königsberg.

Date	Location	Attempted by
1934	Berlin	Römer, BeppoBeppo Römer
1934	Berlin	Mylius, HelmutHelmut Mylius
1935	Berlin	Marwitz group
1935	Berlin	Stuermer, Paul JosefPaul Josef Stuermer
December 20, 1936	Nuremberg	Hirsch, HelmutHelmut Hirsch
1937	Berlin	Thomas, JosefJosef Thomas
1937	Berlin Sportpalast	Unknown man in SS uniform
September 28, 1938	Berlin	Oster Conspiracy; not executed due to conclusion of Munich Agreement
November 9, 1938	Feldherrnhalle, Munich	Bavaud, MauriceMaurice Bavaud
October 5, 1939	Warsaw	Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, MichałMichał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski,[2] Service for Poland's Victory
November 8, 1939	Bürgerbräukeller, Munich	Elser, Johann GeorgJohann Georg Elser
1939	Berlin	Kordt, ErichErich Kordt
1940	Paris, France	Witzleben, Erwin vonErwin von Witzleben
1941	Berlin	Halem, Nikolaus vonNikolaus von Halem
1941-1943 (several)	Berlin	Römer, BeppoBeppo Römer
1943	Walki, USSR	Lanz, HubertHubert Lanz, Speidel, HansHans Speidel, Strachwitz, Hyazinth Graf vonHyazinth Graf von Strachwitz
March 13, 1943	Flight to Smolensk, USSR	Tresckow, Henning vonHenning von Tresckow, Schlabrendorff, Fabian vonFabian von Schlabrendorff
March 1943	Smolensk, USSR	König, FriedrichFriedrich König, Boeselager, Philipp vonPhilipp von Boeselager
March 21, 1943	Zeughaus, Berlin	Tresckow, Henning vonHenning von Tresckow, Schlabrendorff, Fabian vonFabian von Schlabrendorff, Gersdorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr vonRudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
1943	Wolf's Lair, East Prussia	Unknown Pole
1943	Berlin	Gersdorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr vonRudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
November 16, 1943	Wolf's Lair, East Prussia	Bussche-Streithorst, Axel Freiherr von demAxel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst
January 1944	Wolf's Lair, East Prussia	Kleist-Schmenzin, Ewald-Heinrich vonEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
March 11, 1944	Berghof, Obersalzberg	Breitenbuch, Eberhard vonEberhard von Breitenbuch
1944 (several)	Berlin	Stauffenberg, Claus vonClaus von Stauffenberg
July 20, 1944	Wolf's Lair, East Prussia	Stauffenberg, Claus vonClaus von Stauffenberg

See also

• 20 July plot
• Cradle of Darkness
• Operation Foxley
• Operation Spark (1940)
• Operation Valkyrie
• Oster Conspiracy

References

1. Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, pp. 47-48. Macmillan, New York. ISBN 0-02-897502-2
2. "Warszawski zamach na Hitlera: Hitler przemknął im koło nosa" (in Polish). October 5, 2011.