Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hilter (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616083830)

Living as a carpenter who had spent time working in a watch factory, Georg Elser was just an ordinary member of society living in Munich. That is, however, until he took it upon himself to attempt to assassinate the F hrer, Adolph Hitler. Being a common man who opposed the Nazi regime, Elser took the skills from his craft and worked to assemble his own bomb detonator. Every night, he snuck out to the Munich Beer Hall, where he worked on assembling the bomb that he planned to use to kill Hitler.
Hidden in a hollowed-out space near the speaker's podium, Elser's bomb went off successfully, killing eight people. Hitler was not one of them.

This is the story, scene by scene, of the events that led up to Georg Elser taking justice into his own hands, his attempt to murder the F hrer, and what happened after the bomb went off. The Lone Assassin is a powerfully gripping tale that places the reader in the dark days of Munich in 1939, following Elser from the Munich Beer Hall, across the border, and sadly, to the concentration camp where his heroic life ended.

Author: Helmut Ortner
ISBN-10: 1616083832
ISBN-13: 9781616083830
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2012 pg. 126