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Last Survivor of the Plot to Assassinate Hitler
KLEIST, Ewald Heinrich v. (1922-2013) Officer in the Wehrmacht during WWII. Last survivor of the abortive plot, July 1944, to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bomb. Kleist agreed to wear a waistcoat packed with explosives under his tunic. Kleist was arrested, subjected to Gestapo interrogation, and sent to a concentration camp. T.L.S. on his name imprinted stationery, Munchen, 16 OKT. 1978. Fine friendly letter to a collector, not translated but listing an address for a relative. On small water stain otherwise in fine condition............................. $87.50
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