80 years ago, an assassination attempt on Hitler failed to stop the Nazi dictatorship and the world war that had started in Germany. The heads of state are remembering the sign of rebellion. What remains of it?
On the 80th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a stand up for democracy and freedom. “The attempted coup on July 20, 1944 failed. The common goals of the resistance have not,” said the SPD politician at a memorial ceremony held by the federal government in Berlin. There is an alternative to the Nazi dictatorship and a different, better Germany. “It is the Germany of our constitution.”
The only thing left of resistance is not to resign oneself to history. The conviction that must also unite today is: “It’s up to me,” Scholz made clear. “Ordinary citizens in democratic Germany do not need to perform heroic deeds that risk their lives.” Nevertheless, it must be clear: “Our democracy depends on our tireless efforts, on the efforts of each and every one of us.” It thrives on everyone getting involved and also opposing misanthropy and extremism.
Bomb attack on Hitler failed
On July 20, 1944, Wehrmacht officers led by Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg tried in vain to kill the dictator Hitler with a bomb, to overthrow the Nazi regime and end the Second World War. Stauffenberg and three other participants were shot that same evening in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock in Berlin. In total, around 200 participants were killed or driven to suicide in connection with the attempted coup.
At the ceremony at the German Resistance Memorial Center in the Bendlerblock, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a wreath on a memorial plaque in remembrance.
Source: Stern
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