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Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (born 6 September 1917 at Burg Heimerzheim near Bonn ) is one of the last surviving members of the July 20 Plot , a conspiracy among high-ranking Nazi officers to Assassin ate Adolf Hitler in 1944 . At the time Boeselager was a 25-year-old field lieutenant, and his role in the plan was to order his troops (who were unaware of the plot) to leave the front lines in Eastern Europe and ride on commandeered horses all the way back to Berlin to seize crucial parts of the city in a full-scale Coup D'état after Hitler was dead. When the assassin's bomb failed to kill the Führer, Boeselager was informed in time to turn his unexplained cavalry retreat around and return to the front before suspicions were unduly raised. Because of Boeselager's fortuitous timing, his involvement in the operation went undetected and he was not executed along with the majority of the other conspirators. Philipp's brother Georg was also a participant in the plot, and likewise remained undetected; however, he was subsequently killed-in-action on the Eastern Front. After the war, Boeselager's part in the failed attempt became known and he was regarded as a hero by Germany and France , receiving the highest military medals both countries could provide. He studied Economics and became a Forestry expert. Even in his old age, Philipp still has nightmares about the conspiracy and the friends he lost in the war, and urges young people to become more involved in politics, as he feels apathy and the political inexperience of the German masses were two of the key reasons Hitler was able to come to power. The entrance to his residence in Kreuzberg bears the Latin motto "''Et si omnes ego non'' — even if all, not I." He is a member of K.D.St.V. Ripuaria Bonn, a Catholic student Fraternity that belong to the Cartellverband Der Katholischen Deutschen Studentenverbindungen . NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS & SOURCES |
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