German Resistance Movements and Assassination Plots against Hitler (1933–1944)

1. Abwehr opposition coalesces around Canaris and Oster

   Jan 1, 1933Labels: Abwehr, Wilhelm Canaris, Hans Oster

   • Britannica
   • USHMM

2. Night of the Long Knives crushes early opposition

   Jun 30, 1934Labels: Night of, Ernst R

   • Britannica
   • Holocaust Enc

3. Elser scouts Bürgerbräukeller for bomb placement

   Nov 8, 1938Labels: Georg Elser, B rgerbr

   • Georg Elser
   • Elser Site

4. Maurice Bavaud’s failed Munich parade shooting attempt

   Nov 9, 1938Labels: Maurice Bavaud, Munich parade

   • Maurice Bavaud
   • Nov 1938

5. Elser’s Bürgerbräukeller bomb narrowly misses Hitler

   Nov 8, 1939Labels: Georg Elser, B rgerbr

   • Elser Site
   • Georg Elser
   • 8 Nov 1939

6. Kreisau Circle network forms around Moltke and Yorck

   Jan 1, 1940Labels: Kreisau Circle, Helmuth von, Peter Yorck

   • Krzy owa
   • Kreisau Circle

7. Maurice Bavaud executed at Plötzensee prison

   May 14, 1941Labels: Maurice Bavaud, Pl tzensee

   • Maurice Bavaud
   • Pl tzensee

8. First large Kreisau Circle meeting at Kreisau estate

   May 22, 1942Labels: Kreisau Circle, Kreisau estate

   • Krzy owa
   • Kreisau Circle

9. Gestapo arrests begin against Red Orchestra networks

   Aug 31, 1942Labels: Red Orchestra, Harro Schulze-Boysen

   • Schulze Boysen
   • Red Orchestra

10. Core Red Orchestra members executed at Plötzensee

    Dec 22, 1942Labels: Red Orchestra, Pl tzensee

    • Schulze Boysen
    • Red Orchestra

11. White Rose leaflet action at LMU leads to arrests

    Feb 18, 1943Labels: White Rose, LMU Munich

    • LMU Munich
    • Hans Scholl
    • WWII Museum

12. Scholl siblings and Probst executed after People’s Court trial

    Feb 22, 1943Labels: Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst

    • LMU Munich
    • Hans Scholl

13. Tresckow’s parcel bomb attempt on Hitler’s aircraft fails

    Mar 13, 1943Labels: Henning von, parcel bomb

    • HISTORY
    • Operation Spark
    • Tresckow

14. Gersdorff’s planned suicide bombing aborted at Berlin Zeughaus

    Mar 21, 1943Labels: Rudolf von, Zeughaus

    • HISTORY
    • Operation Spark

15. Bussche’s Wolfsschanze uniform-demo suicide plan collapses

    Nov 1, 1943Labels: Axel von, Wolfsschanze

    • GDW Berlin
    • Bussche

16. SS restrictions block Breitenbuch’s Berghof shooting attempt

    Mar 11, 1944Labels: Eberhard von, Berghof

    • Breitenbuch
    • July Plot

17. 20 July bomb attempt at Wolf’s Lair triggers failed coup

    Jul 20, 1944Labels: Claus von, Wolfsschanze, Operation Valkyrie

    • Britannica
    • 20 July plot
    • Valkyrie

18. Regime reprisals begin: arrests and executions of July Plotters

    Aug 1, 1944Labels: July Plot, Nazi regime

    • Britannica
    • 20 July plot