A picture history of Georg Elser
Elser was transferred to Sachsenhausen concentration camp as a 'special prisoner'
Dachau concentration camp (on righthand side of photo).
Location of Elsers cojoined cells within the prison building is circled in red
The Burgerbraukeller bombing investigation team: from left to right: Franz Huber, Arthur Nebe, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Muller
1903-1923
1924-1932
1933-1938
1940-1944
1939
Elser returned home to Konigsbronn in 1932
1945
Vollmer's quarry, Konigsbronn where Elser worked as a labourer in order to complete his arsenal.
Elser's father with his wagon
Mathilde Niedermann with Elser's son Manfred, born 1930
Work by Elser, the cabinetmaker
Inselgasse, the street where he lived with a communist in Konstanz
Reich Security Main Office, Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, Berlin, where Elser was interrogated by a Special Commission after his confession
Himmler at the bomb site
Site of Elser's capture in Konstanz
His capture location at Konstanz on the Swiss border
Elser makes a dash for Switzerland going by Frierichshaven to Konstanz steamer on November 8, 1939
Gasthaus Hecht, where the Konigsbronn Zither Club met
Elser's zither
In 1938 Elser stayed overnight in Munich to witness the annual Nazi march from the Burgerbraukeller to celebrate the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
Collasped ceiling at the Burgerbraukeller after Elser's bomb exploded at 9.20 pm on November 8 1939.
The Waldenmaier factory, Heidenheim where Elser worked as a supervisor while 'acquiring' explosives.
Elser, Malthilde Niedermann and his younger brother Leonhard posing on Mainau Island, Bodensee.
When living in Kostanz Elser joined a traditional music and dance organisation as well as the Kostanz Zither Club while working as a cabinetmaker.
Dachau crematorium, the site of Elser's murder on April 9, 1945, sanctioned by a document signed by Heinrich Muller
Konigsbronn family home in 1913
Konigsbronn foundry in 2015 were Elser first worked
Friedrichshafen near where he worked at Dornier
Elser hanging out with friends in Meersburg
Elser with girlfriend Elsa Harlen and others, in 1936
Elser reconstructs his infernal machine to demonstrate his technical ability
The remains of Elser's 3 cojoined cells within the Gestapo Prison where he lived with personal guards and worked as a cabinetmaker until his transfer to Dachau.
Elser during
interrogation
Elser on front page in German press on November 22, 1939, with captured British agents.
Elser's mother and other family members were brought to Berlin to be interrogated in the presence of Elser
Hitler speaking at the Burgerbraukeller with a bomb ticking in the pillar directly behind him
From August 5 to November 7 Elser spent 30-35 nights inside the Burgerbraukeller installing his deadly device.
Munich Gestapo Headquarters where Elser confessed to Arther Nebe and Franz Huber on November 14
The Times, London, cartoon suggesting Elser was like Van der Lubbe, executed for the Reishstag fire in 1933
