My Führer! I am most deeply shaken by the message that my son Erwin has been sentenced to death by the People's Court. The acknowledgement for my achievements in service of our fatherland, which you, my Führer, have expressed towards me in repeated and most honouring way, makes me confident that you will lend your ear to an imploring 87-year old. As the gratitude of the German people for my life's work, which has become an everlasting intellectual wealth of Germany, I am pleading for my son's life.
— Max Planck Modern

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A harrowing letter written to Adolf Hitler, pleading for the life of his son Erwin, who was involved in the 20 July Plot.

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October 1944

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Shocking

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