…It nearly worked!
"During the Second World War, Hitler was almost killed by a derailed train. It was not an accident, but part of an elaborate and daring plot enacted by a Jewish man who escaped from prison in 1942. His original plan was to escape and set a trap on the tracks, believing that Hitler would be on board the derailed train at the time of the accident. His plan, however, did not follow through in the way that he hoped,
The inmate in question, Henry Wermuth, had some of the details correct in forming his plan. As he suspected, Hitler was indeed on board. When Wermuth piled logs and other natural refuse onto the tracks, he figured it would help to throw the locomotive off course. What he did not figure is that there would be no derailed train that night. He never even found out what his plan failed, though it seems most plausible that his trapped was cleared away from the tracks at some point during the night. He had risked everything by escaping from prison, knowing full well that his life would be at stake if he was discovered, and it was all for naught.
Wermuth was lucky enough to have the sort of inside information that nearly made his plan a success. He was acquainted with a member of Germany's military during his imprisonment, and he came up with the idea of assassination by derailed train after the soldier told him that Hitler was soon to be riding past the prison. After he set his trap, Wermuth lied in wait for his plan to come to fruition. When he failed, he did not run away but rather went back and resumed his imprisonment, the Mail Online reports…"
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