• @dejected_warp_core
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    22 months ago

    There are some absolutely cunning and insane stories in here. Fascinating.

    In a last-ditch attempt, Fabian von Schlabrendorff gave a time bomb camouflaged as a package of two liqueur bottles to an officer in Hitler’s entourage, as a supposed gift to a friend in Germany. The bomb was supposed to explode on the return flight over Poland. The package was placed in the hold of the aircraft, where it iced up, causing the detonator to fail. Realizing the failure, Schlabrendorff immediately flew to Germany and recovered the package before it was discovered.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      Max Planck’s son Erwin was also involved in a plot. He was executed for his part despite pleas from his father.