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Card #c182IR // #c182Synthesis

If Hitler did as they feared, their plan would see a group of rebel soldiers storm into the Reich Chancellery, where they would either arrest or assassinate the Führer.

— In our words · Source: The Traitors Circle (Jonathan Freedland)

[Use when]

When plotting resistance that waits for a trigger act.

[Why it matters]

Contingent coup logic — violence gated on Hitler's next move, not abstract virtue.

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