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Berthold Stauffenberg, brother of Claus von Stauffenberg (chief conspirator in 20 July assasination plot to kill Hitler) was executed by being strangled and then revived multiple times. The execution and multiple resuscitations were filmed for Hitler to view at his leisure.
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In 2007 Germany imposed a "ban on Tom Cruise" for the filming of Valkyrie, a film based on Colonel von Stauffenberg's attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler. The reason for the ban was due to Cruise's belief (at the time) in Scientology, a religion deemed unconstitutional by Germany.
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Nazi test pilot Melitta von Stauffenberg was only the 2nd woman to become 'Flugkapitänin' (flight captain), flew over 2,000 dive tests, and received the Iron Cross, second class. She was categorised by the Nazis as a 'Jewish half-breed of the first degree'
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In 1944, Claus Von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a briefcase full of plastic explosives. When the bomb detonated less than 2 feet away, Hitler survived because of the thickness of the table leg and that he was leaning on the table, which absorbed most of the damage.
