Georg Elser Plaque

Georg Elser Plaque – shortly after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, and almost five years before the famed July 20th assassination plot at the Wolf’s Lair, a lowly carpenter named Georg Elser came within minutes of successfully assassinating Adolf Hitler. The plot was not the work of a spontaneous lunatic, but rather, a carefully planned, nearly year long endeavor. Today, a small square plaque set among the paving stones marks the position of the pillar where Georg Elser planted his bomb in his attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It’s an interesting monument when one considers it commemorates one man’s failed attempt to kill another man. Nonetheless, one can’t help but wonder how the course of history would have been altered if Elser had succeeded.