Friday, May 22, 2009

What is on your summer reading and viewing list?

Valkyrie: read the book, see the movie.

Valkyrie: the story of the plot to kill Hitler by its last member by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager.
Valkyrie is the code name for the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. Philipps Freiherr von Boeselager, author and last surviving member of the plot, and his brother joined a group of conspirators after discovering the cold-blooded brutality of the SS under orders from an increasingly unstable Hitler. First the assassination and then the bomb attempt failed, the SS launched an attack on co-conspirators. One by one the conspirators were caught, tortured and executed.

Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise,) joins conspirators to kill Adolf Hitler (David Bamber). Codenamed, Valkyrie, the assassination attempt fails and a second attempt is made. Another suspenseful war movie with well known actors, director Bryan Singer shows the point of view from the conspirators' camp.

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