"Bavaud, who regarded the Nazi leader as a danger to Switzerland, Christianity and all of humanity"

Hmmm I'm going to have to side with Hitler on that one...

Wow, very honorable, Switzerland. You knew you couldn't save him without risking Hitler invading you, so 67 years later you express your "regrets", now that it's safe to do do?

How about the tale of the American president who's grand pappy did business with hitler until an act of congress, hmmm?

don't mind the grammar, grammar nazi

Guillotined? Why didn't they just use a firing squad?

frostus: Guillotined? Why didn't they just use a firing squad?

Evidently, the Gestapo reserved the firing squad for "honorable" executions. Rumor has it they enjoyed putting victims on the guillotine face up...

I don't care what anyone says, or how clever they think they are...

BEST HEADLINE EVER.

FTA

Some people tried to assassinate Hitler and hey be sure to check out Tom Cruise's new movie Valkyrie!

You know who else tried to kill Hitler but was successful?

sirgrim: You know who else tried to kill Hitler but was successful?

Hitler?

Gyrfalcon: frostus: Guillotined? Why didn't they just use a firing squad?
Evidently, the Gestapo reserved the firing squad for "honorable" executions. Rumor has it they enjoyed putting victims on the guillotine face up...

Heh... Western culture has sure produced some winners, hasn't it?

sirgrim: You know who else tried to kill Hitler but was successful?

Bravo, sir.

"Best be jokin'"

Hell at least someone saw the danger ahead and TRIED. I for one (not a Jewish guy) will try to always remember this guy.

Of course, recognizing a true hero, not the GI Joe kind of American hero but the worldwide kind of shiat... just isn't cool on the internet.

/why yes Officer I have been drinking. Why do you ask?

On second thought, assaulting Hitler with a Swiss Army Knife was not the brightest of ideas

What a terrible time-traveler.

There are a few holes in this story.

bingethinker: There are a few holes in this story.

I thought the story was cheesy.

Force will always be met with Resistance: the more force, the more resistance.

A Universal Commandment, if you like.

Tom Cuise is Swiss?

Had he succeeded though he would have been a villain, since as the article said this was the day BEFORE "crystal night" so apart from his speeches, and some shuffling about of troops/party members he was still "just" a leader of the country.

the movie.. the quick clip I saw made it seem like it he was working for the British, makes me even LESS likely to want and see it

zerkalo: On second thought, assaulting Hitler with a Swiss Army Knife was not the brightest of ideas

You have a string, there I cut
/I can see you, I can see you

malibupetey: Force will always be met with Resistance: the more force, the more resistance.

A Universal Commandment, if you like.

Force, Resistance, what about Terror? You know, kill one individual terrorize thousands of others?

Thanks for promoting a movie starring a nutjob.

Goddam Swiss.

That plot is the basis for an upcoming Tom Cruise film, "Valkyrie," in which the American actor plays the plot leader.

Ach mein Gott! Why can't he just take his Thetans and go away?

malibupetey
Force will always be met with Resistance: the more force, the more resistance.

A Universal Commandment, if you like.


what about BDSM?

Tom Cruise invented Switzerland for his upcoming movie, Valkyrie.

Ashtrey: Hell at least someone saw the danger ahead and TRIED. I for one (not a Jewish guy) will try to always remember this guy.

Of course, recognizing a true hero, not the GI Joe kind of American hero but the worldwide kind of shiat... just isn't cool on the internet.

/why yes Officer I have been drinking. Why do you ask?

More than a few people tried. Later on they were mostly Wehrmacht officers too, at least a couple came pretty close(most notably the bomb that killed most of the people in the room). Kaiser Wilhelm was the target of quite a few assassination attempts as well, must be a German thing.

He was a criminal, a man who tried to commit a murder, and he got punished for his deed.

He got what he deserved.

Hand Banana: That plot is the basis for an upcoming Tom Cruise film, "Valkyrie," in which the American actor plays the plot leader.

Ach mein Gott! Why can't he just take his Thetans and go away?

"Upcoming"? It's been delayed a few times while they desperately try to find some part of the year in which no competing movies are playing.

With the talent in the movie, it won't be Battlefield Earth bad, but it's not going to make enough to save Cruise's attempt to reanimate United Artists, after getting fired by Paramount. (His long-time partner has already split.)

Intersting story. I wonder why it fails to mention the time machine.

svenbertil: He was a criminal, a man who tried to commit a murder, and he got punished for his deed.

He got what he deserved.

10/10

For some reason, I thought it was going to be an article on this:

Hmmm. TFA states that it was a coincidence that this happened the night before the night of broken glass. But I learned in school that the Nazis used this as the main excuse for it. "Da jews tried to kill our leader!!" Is this yet another fault in my public school edumacation? Help me out here farkers!

ssrat: Had he succeeded though he would have been a villain, since as the article said this was the day BEFORE "crystal night" so apart from his speeches, and some shuffling about of troops/party members he was still "just" a leader of the country.

The Nuremberg laws and the plans he'd laid out in his bestseller were reason enough to justify an assassination.

lazymojo: I don't care what anyone says, or how clever they think they are...

BEST HEADLINE EVER.

Thank you for your kindness.

/Subby

Maybe he should have tried to rape Hitler...

/DNRTFA

Interesting, more like FAIL

what amazes me is that a Swiss citizen missed his target.

Man On Fire
what amazes me is that a Swiss citizen missed his target.

No shiat. Swiss precision my ass!

Anyone know how to live / work in the land of Swiss Miss? I heard it is very difficult.

/ wants Switzerland
// and Swiss Miss

bob_ross: "Bavaud, who regarded the Nazi leader as a danger to Switzerland, Christianity and all of humanity"

Hmmm I'm going to have to side with Hitler on that one...

Are you really unaware that there are different kinds of Christians who think they are each a danger to each other?

JerkyMeat: How about the tale of the American president who's grand pappy did business with hitler until an act of congress, hmmm?

Admit it, your life will be empty and meaningless without Bush.

bob_ross: "Hmmm I'm going to have to side with Hitler on that one..."

Hitler really did hold traditional Christianity in disdain. He had a sincere belief in a god, but the ancillary beliefs that made up his worldview were a mishmash of occult, asatru and racial origin myths.

He had in mind a redesigned form of Christianity, "stripped of Jewish influence", which he called Positive Christianity. He actually had a fair amount of support in this; have a look at the "Deutschen Christen", or 'German Christians'; Notice the smaller flags that bear not the swastika, but rather a cross with a swastika embedded within it.

MBA Whore: Anyone know how to live / work in the land of Swiss Miss? I heard it is very difficult.

/ wants Switzerland
// and Swiss Miss

You're not welcome to live there unless you were born there or are very, very wealthy.
They don't want new citizens.

MBA Whore: Anyone know how to live / work in the land of Swiss Miss? I heard it is very difficult.

/ wants Switzerland
// and Swiss Miss

A few years ago, you could work there for 6 months at a time, even EU workers had to leave after 6 months. Be aware that next door is Austria, where kangaroo attacks, they claim, are exagerated.

...with a bow and arrow right? That guy? They never said if he was really a spy or just a student....

...what I researched and was told in high school in the 80's was, a student snuck into the parade, bought an automatic pistol but it didn't work, so tried using his backup plan of a bow and arrow concealed in his pants but was out of range...?

What is this, kill Hitler week?

Everybody kills Hitler their first time... (new window)