Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Pencil sketch of an anti Nazi by Dr K Prabhakar Rao

NIKOLAUS VON HALEM

He was a lawyer and business man. He became anti Nazi and planned  to assassinate Hitler as during the knight of Long knives    many of the opponents of Hitler were murdered. He befriended Josef Roemer and he agreed to kill hitler either by shooting or a grenade, However it did not materialise. Roemer was arrested and toured severely by the Gestapo and he revealed the names and Nicolaus was arrested on 26 February 1942 and tried and sentenced to death for treason and for anti govt activities. He was executed at Brandenberg     prison in a Guillotine.

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