On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for decisive resistance to the extreme right. Merkel described the assassination attempt as "an example" and said: "They have shown that they follow their conscience and formed part of the history of Germany, He was otherwise obsessed with the darkness of Nazism. They deserve thanks, because our basic law (constitution) may not have been created without these acts. We have grown up on the shoulders of these courageous individuals. We can be happy to have this part of our history. " "Fortunately, there were many of them, and today we are also obliged to confront all trends that seek to destroy our democracy," Merkel said yesterday in her televised weekly online message.
Colonel Klaus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg tried, in collaboration with other officers on July 20, 1944, to kill Hitler by detonating a bomb. However, the attempt failed. Hitler survived the bombing lightly, and Stauffenberg and the conspirators were executed.
Merkel pointed to the rise in the number of extreme rightists, saying: "Everyone is called to work to strengthen democracy and not give way to the extreme rightists."