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    Maurice Bavaud (15 January 1916 – 14 May 1941) was a Swiss theology student who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1938. Maurice Bavaud was born...
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  • in the 1944 20 July Plot. November 9, 1938 Munich Maurice Bavaud Swiss theology student Maurice Bavaud posed as a reporter and planned to shoot Hitler from...
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    hanged Bernhard Bästlein (1894–1944), communist and resistance fighter Maurice Bavaud (1916–1941), failed assassin of Hitler; beheaded Marianne Baum (1912–1942)...
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    Jehovah's Witness beheaded for refusing to serve in German military service Maurice Bavaud (1941) – guillotined in Berlin for attempting to assassinate Hitler...
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    to the failed assassination attempt on Hitler in 1938 by young Swiss Maurice Bavaud (executed on 14 May 1941, and later dubbed "a new William Tell" by Rolf...
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    had only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the young Swiss Maurice Bavaud (who was later dubbed the “New William Tell” by Rolf Hochhuth), is reported...
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  • first appearance in Police Comics issue #1 (cover date August). Died: Maurice Bavaud, 25, Swiss citizen who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1938...
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    In 1939, a Swiss theology student named Maurice Bavaud attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Although Bavaud was facing execution, Fröhlicher refused...
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  • streets outside the Jewish shops gave the night its name. Swiss citizen Maurice Bavaud attended a parade in Munich celebrating the 15th anniversary of the...
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    History, edited by George Mosse, Beverly Hills, 1975. Hoffmann, Peter "Maurice Bavaud's Attempt to Assassinate Hitler in 1938" pp.  173–204 from Police Forces...
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    football, team handball, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and biathlon. Born: Maurice Bavaud, Swiss theologian, attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1938 (d...
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