As historian Anton Gill has said, 7,000 people were arrested and 4,500 executed following the attempt on Hitler’s life in July of 1944. He goes on to say that “in their orgy of summary justice and killing, the Nazis brought in many thousands who were innocent of any plot to kill the dictator. . . . The authorities also found themselves with an excuse to execute many more dissidents who had been in prison . . . since before the 20 July attempt.”
Bonhoeffer would have been killed then if there was a close tie
