Today in Labor History November 8, 1939: Johann Georg Elser attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich. He placed a bomb near the platform where Hitler was to deliver a speech. However, Hitler left earlier than expected and was unaffected, 8 others were killed & 62 were injured. Elser imprisoned for five years and then executed at Dachau concentration camp less than a month before the Nazis surrendered. Elser had been a member of the left-leaning Federation of Woodworkers Union and the Red Front-Fighters' Association.

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