List of Famous people with last name Elser

Johann Georg Elser

First Name Johann

Last Name Elser

Born on January 4, 1903

Died on April 9, 1945 (aged 42)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

Johann Georg Elser was a German worker who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich. Elser constructed and placed a bomb near the platform from which Hitler was to deliver a speech. It did not kill Hitler, who left earlier than expected, but it did kill 8 people and injured 62 others. Elser was held as a prisoner for more than five years until he was executed at the Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the surrender of Nazi Germany.

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Marga Elser

First Name Marga

Last Name Elser

Born on March 30, 1945 (age 80)

Born in Germany, Baden-Württemberg

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