Talk:Boeselager

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Participation in the July 20 plot[edit]

Hi @Orangemike:. Please check the article on Georg von Boeselager more closely, especially Deak's remarks in his review of Philipp von Boeselager's autobiography. The post-war literature is full of exaggerated claims of involvement in plots to assassinate Hitler. Since the early 21st century historians have become very skeptical of autobiographical claims to this effect. I would also prefer a different term than "member of the resistance to Hitler" or similar, but we have to follow scholarly sources, not advance the scholarship Martijn Meijering (talk) 21:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You misread Deák, while he expressed doubts whether Philipp’s claimed cavalry ride west actually took place, he explicitly lists Georg among the co-conspirators involved in the plot and concludes:^[1]

And so they conspired to save Germany from its leaders and its population. They sensed that the cause of their caste was hopeless, but they wanted to go down in dignity. In this, they succeeded. When they died, Germany lost some of its more admirable sons.

—-Nug (talk) 15:17, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right. I was talking specifically about the July 20 plot though, not whether they were part of the military opposition to Hitler at all. It is generally accepted that both Boeselager brothers were part of the conspiratorial circle around Tresckow. Martijn Meijering (talk) 15:33, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Valkyrie: The Story Of The Plot To Kill Hitler, By Its Last Member".

[1] "Valkyrie: The Story Of The Plot To Kill Hitler, By Its Last Member".

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