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Claus von Stauffenberg

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Claus von Stauffenberg

1907–1944

German army officer (1907–1944)

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Biography

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Operation Valkyrie, a plan that would have seen the arrest of the Nazi leadership in the wake of Hitler's death and an earlier end to World War II.

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1943 Event

Severely wounded in Tunisia when his staff car was strafed by a fighter plane. He lost his left eye, his right hand, and two fingers on his left hand. While recovering, he decided Hitler had to die.

1944 Event

Planted a briefcase bomb under a conference table at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's East Prussian headquarters. The blast killed four people. Hitler survived with minor injuries. A heavy oak table leg had deflected the explosion.

1944 Death

Executed by firing squad in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock in Berlin, hours after the failed assassination. His last words: "Long live our sacred Germany." He was 36.

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He has no money, he asks for nothing. His worldly possessions can be carried in ...

Singapore, Hong Kong and Hawaii. He arrived in Hawaii in the spring of 1959, and the Honolulu Star Bulletin reported: "He has no money, he asks for nothing. His worldly possessions can be carried in...

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Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have ...

ennon originally wanted to title the song "Maharishi", but changed the title at Harrison's request. Harrison commented years later, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that...

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hated leaving on a note of discord and mistrust, when we had enjoyed so much kin...

ory books that Maharishi 'tried to attack Mia Farrow' – but it's bullshit, total bullshit." Cynthia Lennon wrote in 2006 that she "hated leaving on a note of discord and mistrust, when we had enjoyed...

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has been sharply criticised by other Indian sages, who complain that his program...

(SES). He also lectured at UCLA, Harvard, Yale and Berkeley. That year, an article in Time magazine reported that the Maharishi "has been sharply criticised by other Indian sages, who complain that...

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identified him as a fully dedicated student of spiritual knowledge and life-long...

hmachari Mahesh. Coplin refers to bala brahmachari as both a title and a name and considers that it "identified him as a fully dedicated student of spiritual knowledge and life-long celibate ascetic."...

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It's probably in the history books that Maharishi 'tried to attack Mia Farrow' –...

nd later apologised for the way the Maharishi had been treated, by saying, "We were very young" and "It's probably in the history books that Maharishi 'tried to attack Mia Farrow' – but it's bullshit,...

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Beacon Light of the Himalayas, Azad Printers, 1955

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Love and God, Spiritual Regeneration Movement, 1965

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Yoga Asanas, Spiritual Regeneration Movement, 1965

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Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bantam books, 1968

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Alliance for Knowledge, Maharishi International University, 1974

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