Would-Be Hitler Assassin Dies aged 90.

Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager -- a former German officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler. Von Boeselager -- who played a key role in the 1944 plot, when the Nazi leader narrowly survived a bomb explosion -- has died aged 90. (AFP/DDP/File) A former German army officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler, including one in 1944 when the Nazi leader narrowly survived a bomb explosion, has died aged 90, his family said Friday. Philipp von Boeselager

He said he knew that Jews were being systematically killed and that Germany was waging a war of annihilation along the Eastern Front with Russia and that he never considered declining to take part in the plot.