European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. July 20,19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 is pm ditty Joe much Treul Murks be spot Here Verl conspirators in the july 20 plot against Hiller Werc banged front Hooks left photo. At right her conspirators were shot at this Wall. Ceremony to Honor anti Hitler plotters by Joe Mapother staff writer Berlin the july 20 plot to kill Adolf Hitler 43 Ycaro ago Wilt be commemorated today by Badin minister president Lothar Spaeth at Plozel Zenshee a Small Monument to nazi brutality. The tale of the plot and Many of its perpetrators is reflected in the Row of Hooks implanted in a wooden beam in a room directly behind where Spaeth will speak. Many of the conspirators were hinged from those Hooks in the late summer and Early fall of 1944. Ploetze see not far from the Quartier Napoleon Home of the French military Community is visited by roughly 600,000 tourists each year said Wolfgang Goebel director of the Monument. The Berlin govern ment opened it in 1952 As a memorial to All victims of National socialism. Recent research has focused attention on the. Failed rebellion particularly among Young germans Goebel said. The assessment of this act has become much More positive As a result of the new research gob it said. The most remembered victims at Plozel Pensec arc those who lost their lives because of their association with the group of military men and women who at tempted to kill Hiller and arrest key figures in the nazi terror apparatus they detested. However it is not at Ploetze see. But a secluded courtyard near the downtown tie Garten Park that the Moat prominent member of the conspiracy. Count Claus von Stauffenberg. Lost his life. A Small plaque in the courtyard of the former Gen eral army office located on Marks the spot where col. A Lauffenberg and three other conspirators were summarily shot for their part in the bombing. Stauffenberg was the Man who carried the 4.4 Pound explosive device with him to is now Keir Zion Poland. flew to Hitler s wolfs Lair Headquarters to Brief Hitler and to leave behind a briefcase in which the bomb was hidden. He arrived to find the staff meeting had been moved from the Concrete bunk or to an above ground wooden building on the com Pound. Using a pair of pliers Stauffenberg armed the de vice placed it close to Hitler and excused himself the assessment of this act has become much More positive As a result of the new research. Wolfgang Goebel after saying he had to Call Berlin. The ensuing blast blew people out the windows of the building something that would not have happened in lie under ground Bunker conference room and knocked Hiller unconscious. A heavy wooden con Ference table partially shielded Hitler. Severe officers died but Hiller suffered Only a shoulder injury. He was Able to meet with italian dicta Tor Benilo Mussolini that afternoon. Lauffenberg the Only officer to leave the room be fore the blast became a wanted Man even As his plane was winging Back to Berlin. From Berlin stauft Ehberg and his Superior. Gen. Friedrich Olbricht planned to put into i Eccl the pro visions of operation Valkyrie and arrest is and Gestapo figures throughout the nazi Hierarchy. The theory among the largely aristocratic group of conspirators was that with Hiller out of the Way it would be possible to Clear the rest of Hitler s nazi rabble out of the government and save Germany from destruction. The bomb was the culmination Sofye Artof anti Hitler activity that stretched Back before the War. Reports that Hitler was still alive and his radio broadcast that evening kept Many key figures from joining the conspirators. While the conspirators Man aged to arrest 1,200 members of he is in occupied Paris occupy the Paris Gestapo Headquarters and score a few other limited successes it was soon apparent that the takeover bid was a failure. Slauf Tenberg and his commander were shot to death around Midnight on july 21. The rooms they worked in and the courtyard in which they were killed Are preserved As a museum a staufken Bergstrasser 14. Admission is free. Many other conspirators were either guillotined or hanged at . Their exact number ii not known but historians estimate several Hundred people were murdered in connection with he july 20 plot. In Ploetze see 2,500 people were executed during the third Reich. On one productive night in 1943, Hitler s hangmen carried oui sentences on 186 people in 13 hours. They were hanged in groups of eight. Sometimes a victim s lawyer received an inv Iarion to attend the hanging. Black attire was suggested. Hiller ordered cameramen to film the hangings of the july 20 conspirators but the cameramen refused after the first grisly round. A Wreath laying ceremony is Ila cd for the courtyard at 14 at noon today. The plot in Sec memorial activities will Sian at 4 . Flock Ransce is open from 8 . Until 6 . Daily from March to . The inhibit is open from 9 . To 5 . Monday through Friday. Chinese peasants air their garlic grievances Beijing up chinese govern ment officials have been advised to Leam t lesson from the garlic incident in can Gihan. The incident according to China Legal news involved hundreds of peas ants who grow garlic in Tangshan coun t in Shandong province. The Farmers went on a rampage two months ago the newspaper reported Fri Day when the local government failed to
