Hitler Aides "Puzzled," "Saddened" by von Stauffenberg Assassination Attempt

[Bluebear]

Wolf's Lair, Prussia, July 21, 1944 -- "This isn't the Claus von Stauffenberg I knew," said puzzled SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler about today's unsuccessful assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, echoing sentiments heard across the Nazi high command.

Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels was equally perplexed. "If Claus disagreed with the Fuhrer, why didn't he say something?" said Goebbels. "He had plenty of opportunities to speak up."

"I had lunch with Claus just a month ago," noted Party chancellery head Martin Bormann. "I thought I knew him. We were colleagues. Friends. He didn't have a single negative word to say about Hitler. Sure, he was pissed at Mengele, but that you could understand. This is so -- so sad. So disappointing."

Luftwaffe general staff chief Werner Kreipe was less circumspect. "Total scheisse ," he called von Stauffenberg. "He owed everything to Hitler. Trying to kill him was a complete betrayal of his trust." Asked why von Stauffenberg turned against Hitler, Kreipe's only comment was, "Follow the money."

--Marty Kaplan

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/hitler-aides-puzzled-sadd_b_104011.html

[TheDebbieDee]

1. von Stauffenberg ist distgruntled! Lol!

[Virginia Dare]

2. That's a pants pisser!...n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. .....

:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

4. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

:evilgrin:

[Vickers]

5. omg

:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:

Onion-, Daily Show-, Colbert Report- and DUzy-worthy!

[Canuckistanian]

6. Oh, you're bad....

But in a good way!

K&R!

:rofl:

[unblock]

7. hitler claims to send stauffenberg to auschwitz, but record show he was sent to buchenwald!

[Lerkfish]

8. LOL! good one.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Excellent parody!

[Uncle Joe]

10. That's good, Bluebear, they were all so "puzzled".

:rofl:

[Hubert Flottz]

11. Times are tough and it's hard to get good piano wires and cheap

gasoline in time of war...

[underpants]

12. Very very funny

[CanonRay]

13. Diabolically awesome

:applause:

[jimshoes]

14. Humor cuts with a very sharp blade sometimes

This one qualifies IMHO. :rofl:

[cynatnite]

15. Just effing brilliant n/t

[malaise]

16. This is brilliant

The words are perplexed, puzzled, disgruntled, 'he did it for money' -full circle back to the language of facism. This is way too good. :rofl:

[robinlynne]

17. too funny!!!!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Almost creepy innit?

Well done Marty and thankee Blue :hug: :hi:

[apocalypsehow]

19. LOL!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[grannylib]

20. *lol* This is hilarious - thanks for the Thursday evening laugh!

[tom_paine]

21. More true than funny, but funny nonetheless. K & R.

[The River]

22. Et Tu Brute?

a stunned Caesar cried.

[bill for obama]

23. Funny.

[Solly Mack]

24. teehee

k/r

[opihimoimoi]

25. A Disgruntled K&R....sais magnifique..viva le Truth

farmez Le Booosh

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

26. Well, Der SchimpanseFuhrer often likes to bring up World War II

only he usually sees himself as resembling Churchill instead of the guy on the other side.