After Axel von dem Bussche witnessed the killing of 3,000 Jews, sore and traumatized, he was a high-ranking German soldier who joined the resistance. Most Germans would kill Jews without blinking an eye. Justice must have been Axel's major purpose after he experienced his horrible event or appears to have been writing this injustice.
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Thinking of Justice: Axel |
Known by the code name/nickname "Count 9," blond and blue eyed, he was the ideal person to kill Adolf Hitler. No one would suspect him...and no one ever would. Yet, he must of also hated Hitler and maybe himself, too. He hopped to kill himself while he killed the German Dictator. He planned with a resistance group headed by Claus von Stauffenburg who actually was eventually hanged. The group planned for Axel to set off to grenades in his pocket while he jumped or 'pounced' on Hitler while the leader inspected new uniforms. But this was not to be because the rails that brought the new uniforms in were destroyed by the Allies' bombings. He volunteered to take part in another assassination attempt of Hitler. Unfortunately for him and Hitler, he was wounded and disabled, losing a leg and three fingers. He had to be in a long hospital stay and a member of the Resistance warned him of the coming an upcoming July 20 Plot, which caused him to be questioned by the S.S., however not really suspected of anything. Because of the courageous silence of Axel's involvement by the other conspirators in the Resistance, he was not be executed by the Nazis as many others were, though always guilty that he had survived when many others had died.
Sources:
Gedenstksttatte Deutscher Widerstand: Biographes: Axel Frediherr von dem Bussche:
http://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/biographie/view-bio/bussche/
Der Spiegal: Died: Axel Frediherr von dem Bussche: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9274438.html
Dos Bodetal Der Sagenharz: Axel Frediherr von dem Bussche-Strelthorst:
http://www.bodetal.de/ihre-stadt-online/namhafte-persoenlichkeiten/axel-freiherr-von-dem-bussche-streithorst.html
The Independent UK: Obituary : Axel von dem Bussche:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-axel-von-dem-bussche-1474093.html
So Interesting!
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