The phone rang in Goebbels’ office, and in that single moment, Major Otto Remer held the fate of Nazi Germany in his hands—and chose to side with Hitler, crushing the plot against him. His reward…
On the evening of July 20, 1944, the fate of Nazi Germany rested on the shoulders of a 31-year-old Wehrmacht major named Otto Ernst Remer. When conspirators led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of the government, Remer received orders to arrest Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Pistol in … Read more