Germany remembers heroes in Hitler assassination bid

A wall featuring portraits of officers and other officials involved in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 at the German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin. [AFP]

Germany paid tribute Saturday to Claus von Stauffenberg and others who sought to assassinate Adolf Hitler 75 years ago, a plot that was recognised only belatedly but which a resurgent far-right is now seeking to expropriate.

In the attempt on July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg and other high-ranking conspirators within the Nazi regime sought to kill Hitler at his Wolf's Lair headquarters.