The Story
At 37, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army, was a charismatic figure destined for supreme command. The group of conspirators with whom he conceived the plot to kill Hitler in July 1944 was called "Secret Germany". That was also the name of the esoteric circle in which Stauffenberg as a young man had been a disciple of the mystic anti-Nazi magus and poet, Stefan George. What was it that motivated this soldier, said to be the only man to stare the Fuehrer down until he averted his eyes? And, after 42 serious attempts on Hitler's life in the previous 20 years, why did he too fail?
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At 37, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army, was a charismatic figure destined for supreme command. The group of conspirators with whom he conceived the plot to kill Hitler in July 1944 was called "Secret Germany". That was also the name of the esoteric circle in which Stauffenberg as a young man had been a disciple of the mystic anti-Nazi magus and poet, Stefan George. What was it that motivated this soldier, said to be the only man to stare the Fuehrer down until he averted his eyes? And, after 42 serious attempts on Hitler's life in the previous 20 years, why did he too fail?
