ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON ADOLF HITLER

This is an incomplete list of documented, realized attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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...OP+
DateLocationAttempted by
1934BerlinBeppo Römer
1934BerlinHelmut Mylius
1934UnknownUnknown
1934UnknownUnknown
1935BerlinMarwitz group
1935BerlinPaul Josef Stuermer
December 20, 1936NurembergHelmut Hirsch
1937BerlinJosef Thomas
1937Berlin SportpalastUnknown man in SS uniform
November 9, 1938Feldherrnhalle, MunichMaurice Bavaud
October 5, 1939WarsawMichał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski,[2] Service for Poland's Victory
November 8, 1939Bürgerbräukeller, MunichJohann Georg Elser
1939BerlinErich Kordt
1940Paris, FranceErwin von Witzleben
1941BerlinNikolaus von Halem
1941-1943 (several)BerlinBeppo Römer
1943Walki, USSRHubert Lanz, Hans Speidel, Hyazinth Graf von Strachwitz
March 13, 1943Flight to Smolensk, USSRHenning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff
March 1943Smolensk, USSRFriedrich König, Philipp von Boeselager
March 21, 1943Zeughaus, BerlinHenning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
1943Wolf's Lair, East PrussiaUnknown Pole
1943BerlinRudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
November 16, 1943Wolf's Lair, East PrussiaAxel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst
January 1944Wolf's Lair, East PrussiaEwald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
March 11, 1944Berghof, ObersalzbergEberhard von Breitenbuch
1944 (several)BerlinClaus von Stauffenberg
July 20, 1944Wolf's Lair, East PrussiaClaus von Stauffenberg