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US 6522509 B1 Abstract Arc faults in ac electric power systems including aircraft 400 Hz and other such ac electrical systems are detected by an arc fault detector generating a time attenuated cumulative sum of amounts by which the current in each most recent cyclic interval of current, preferably each half cycle, exceeds the magnitude of the current in the immediately preceding cyclic interval in absolute magnitude after a first cyclic interval in which the current exceeds a selected arming magnitude. Preferably, the magnitude detected by a peak detector is used, but alternatively differences in the average magnitude or the rms magnitude between half cycles can be accumulated. When the cumulative sum reaches a preset value, an arc fault indication is generated. The time cumulative sum is cleared if it decreases to a preset value and the selected arming current must be exceeded again to reinitiate generation of the time attenuated cumulative sum.
Claims(26) 1. An arc fault detector for an ac electric power system comprising:
a current detector detecting ac current flowing in said ac electric power system;
a processor for generating a cumulative sum of amounts by which the magnitude of current in each most recent cyclic interval of current exceeds the magnitude of current in the immediately preceding cyclic interval in absolute magnitude; and
an output generator generating an arc indication when said cumulative sum reaches a selected level.
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19. An arc fault circuit breaker for a 400 Hz ac electrical system comprising:
separable contacts;
an operating mechanism opening said separable contacts in response to a trip signal; and
a trip unit including an arc fault detector comprising:
a current detector detecting ac current flowing in said ac electrical system;
a processor for generating a time attenuated cumulative sum of amounts by which each most recent cyclic interval of current exceeds its immediately preceding cyclic interval in absolute magnitude;
a trip signal generator generating a trip signal when said time attenuated cumulative sum reaches a selected level.
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24. A method of detecting arc faults in an ac electrical system comprising the steps of:
monitoring the magnitude of current during cyclic intervals of said ac current;
comparing said magnitude to a selected magnitude;
for each cyclic interval after a first cyclic interval in which the magnitude of the current exceeds said selected magnitude, generating a cumulative sum of differences by which said magnitude exceeds the magnitude of an immediately preceding cyclic interval;
reducing said cumulative sum by a selected function of time;
generating an arc fault indication when said cumulative sum reaches a selected value.
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Description 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a method and a detector for detecting arc faults and to circuit breakers incorporating such an arc fault detector and utilizing such a method. In particular, it relates to detecting arc faults in ac electrical power systems including aircraft and other ac electrical power systems which operate at a higher frequency such as 400 Hz than the 50 or 60 Hz of the typical electric power distribution system. 2. Background Information Recent attention to the wiring problems associated with �aging aircraft� has highlighted the deficiencies of the circuit protective devices designed to limit the wire damage and fire hazard associated with an electrical fault on an aircraft. The protection device most commonly used consists of an overload responsive trip mechanism such as a RMS current responsive bimetal. The bimetal has a resistance which dissipates energy in the form of heat at a rate which is a function of this resistance multiplied by the RMS current squared causing it to deflect. At a certain deflection, a spring powered operating mechanism is unlatched causing the circuit interrupters' current carrying contacts to separate. This opens or deenergizes the circuit and causes the fault current to cease. The spring is recharged and latched by resetting the circuit interrupter. This type of overload protection does an excellent job of protecting wires and their insulation from degradation and damage due to a current induced over-temperature condition. Aircraft circuit breakers typically employ only overload protection. While overcurrent protection in the form of an instantaneous trip function at a given value of load current is possible, such protection is normally not provided on aircraft circuit breakers because of concern that such protection can be susceptible to unwanted or nuisance tripping. A fault current that flows between a conductor and a neutral or ground conductor when an arcing condition develops due to an insulation failure or breakdown is not continuous but is intermittent or sputtering in nature. An example of a waveform of such an arc fault is show in FIG. 1. The arc voltage of about 30 to 60 volts opposes the instantaneous line value. This results in four characteristics that help define the arcing current waveform. First, the arc current is zero for a period each half cycle before the arc can be restruck after a current zero. Second, the arc may not restrike at all or only after a long delay so that there are missing half cycles. Third, the resulting peak current is reduced below that which would flow if a �bolted� fault occurred at the same point in the electrical system. And finally, fourth, the current each half cycle will go to zero before voltage zero. These four characteristics are evident in the arc current waveform shown in FIG. 1. The intermittent nature of the current waveform reduces the RMS or bimetal-heating value below that required to trip the typical aircraft circuit breaker. In order to develop a technique for detecting dangerous arc faults, the characteristic waveform or signature of safe current waveforms that exist on an aircraft must be analyzed so that the arc fault can be reliably distinguished from a safe current. The two most common loads on an aircraft are electronic and motor. The starting current of a typical motor is shown in FIG. 2. As can be seen, the current does not exhibit the zero current crossing characteristics of an arcing current. The current tends to be high during the starting period and then decays to a smaller value as the motor reaches normal operating speed. The normal in-rush charging current that exists when an electronic load is energized exhibits two of the four characteristics of a dangerous arcing current as can be seen in FIG. 3. Typically, the electronic load has a power supply which consists of a simple full wave current rectifier followed by a dc storage capacitor. The capacitor voltage opposes the source voltage each half cycle just as the arc voltage does, and thus the period of zero current around current zero crossing is the same for each waveform. The amplitude of the arcing current can be greater or less than the in-rush current, and thus the peak value of current can only be used to protect against very high arcing currents. Compared to an arcing current, the electronic in-rush current has no missing half cycles and decays each half cycle. Other aircraft loads consist of resistive types like heaters and incandescent lamps, inductive loads such as florescent lamp ballasts, and possibly ac capacitive input loads. All of these loads have a zero current crossing much like that for the motor load, hence there is no period of zero current. Both the inductive and capacitive loads have a very large transient initial peak half cycle of current. Much attention has been directed toward arc fault protection in residential electric power distribution systems. Generally, one of two techniques is employed. In the first, the high frequency characteristics of arc fault waveforms are exploited. These arc fault detectors look at such characteristics as the high frequency noise, the presence of zero current and missing half cycles. The second approach looks for the step increases in current resulting when an arc is struck. The arc fault detector disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,691,869 utilizes a bandpass filter to generate a pulse having an amplitude which is a function of the magnitude of the step increase in voltage caused by striking of the arc. The magnitude of these pulses, or at least a portion above a selected threshold, is accumulated. When the accumulated value reaches a certain level, an arc fault indication is generated. The accumulated value is time attenuated so that pulses must occur with sufficient frequency and magnitude to reach the selected level. The characteristics of aircraft electrical systems do not make it possible to employ the arc fault circuit breakers developed for residential electric power distribution systems. First, aircraft ac systems typically operate at 400 Hz as opposed to the 50 or 60 Hz of residential power systems. At 400 Hz, the quiescent periods in the arc current are much shorter. In addition, the waveforms are much steeper and therefore it is more difficult to distinguish the normal current rise from the step increases caused by an arc. Most importantly, aircraft electrical systems utilize small gauge wires which can be very long and therefore have substantial resistance. As a result, a load close to the generator can draw a normal current that far exceeds a fault current on a remote part of the wiring. More importantly, a fault current may draw a couple of thousand amps if close to the generator but only perhaps 30 or 40 amps if in a remote section of the wiring. Thus, it is not practical to rely on the magnitude of current in an aircraft electrical system to distinguish an arc fault. There is a need therefore for an improved arc fault detector and method of arc detection for ac electrical power systems including aircraft ac electrical systems and other electrical systems operating at frequencies above the conventional 50 to 60 Hz and typically in the range of 400 Hz. This need and others are satisfied by the invention which is directed to an arc fault detector for ac electrical power systems in general and is particularly suitable for an aircraft ac electrical system or other ac systems operating at higher frequencies such as 400 Hz. The arc fault detector of the invention includes a current detector detecting the ac current flowing in the electrical circuit, and a processor which generates a cumulative sum of amounts by which the ac current in each most recent cyclic interval exceeds the current in the immediately preceding half cycle in absolute magnitude. An arc fault indication is generated when this cumulative sum reaches a selected level. Preferably, the cumulative sum is time attenuated and the arc indication is generated when the time attenuated cumulative sum reaches a selected level. The current magnitude which is monitored can be the average magnitude or the RMS magnitude but is preferably the peak magnitude. The processor only adds the calculated differential to the time attenuated cumulative sum for cyclic intervals in which the current exceeds that for the immediately preceding cyclic interval in absolute magnitude by a selected amount after a first cyclic interval in which the current exceeds a selected arming magnitude. Hence, it takes a cyclic interval with current of a magnitude above the selected magnitude to arm the system. The processor terminates adding to the attenuated cumulative sum when the sum attenuates to a predetermined minimum level. At this point, the system is disarmed and the cumulative sum is cleared. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cyclic intervals comprise half cycles of the ac current. The current detector includes a rectifier and a peak detector generating the peak value of each half cycle of the rectified current. The arc fault detector can also include a delayed trip. Where the arc occurs every half cycle, and the peaks have similar magnitude, it may take a long time to accumulate sufficient differentials from cycle to cycle to reach the trip level. Accordingly, as another aspect of the invention, a short delay function is provided by short delay means which accumulate a time attenuated short delay accumulation of peak values of current for cyclic intervals (e.g., half cycles) in which the peak current is above a short delay threshold. The invention also embraces a circuit breaker incorporating the above described arc fault detector. It further includes a method of arc fault detection which comprises the steps of: monitoring the magnitude of half cycles of the ac current, comparing this magnitude to a selected magnitude, for each half cycle exceeding the selected magnitude after a first half cycle exceeding that magnitude generating a cumulative sum of differences by which the magnitude exceeds the magnitude of an immediately preceding half cycle. The method further includes reducing the cumulative sum by a selected function of time and generating an arc fault indication when the cumulative sum reaches a preset value. In addition, the method includes clearing the cumulative sum when it attenuates to a selected minimum value. The method can also include generating a delayed trip as a time attenuated accumulation of peak values which exceed a threshold value. A full understanding of the invention can be gained from the following description of the preferred embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 illustrates the current waveform of an arc in an aircraft ac electrical circuit. FIG. 2 illustrates the starting current waveform of a typical motor load in an aircraft ac electrical circuit. FIG. 3 illustrates the in-rush current waveform of a typical electronic load in an aircraft ac electrical circuit. FIG. 4 is a schematic circuit diagram of an aircraft arc fault circuit breaker incorporating the invention. FIGS. 5A-5C illustrate a flow chart of an algorithm implemented by the arc fault circuit breaker of FIG. 4. The invention will be described as applied to an aircraft circuit breaker for an ac electrical system operating at 400 Hz. It will be appreciated however, that the invention has application in other ac electrical systems operating at similar frequencies and in other ac electrical systems operating at other frequencies. FIG. 4 illustrates an aircraft electric circuit 1 protected by a circuit breaker 3 incorporating the invention. This circuit breaker 3 includes separable contacts 5 connected in series with the aircraft electric circuit 1. The separable contacts 5 are opened and closed by an operating mechanism 7. This action is effected manually by a handle 9 on the operating mechanism. In addition, the separable contacts 5 are opened automatically by a bimetal 11 which responds to a persistent overcurrent in the aircraft electric circuit 1. As discussed above, an arc fault typically does not generate an average current sufficient to produce a response by the bimetal 11. Thus, in accordance with the invention, an arc fault detector 13 provides protection from arc faults. This arc fault detector 13 includes a current detector 15, a processor 17 and an output circuit 19. Current in the aircraft electric circuit 1 is sensed by detecting the voltage drop across the known resistance of the bimetal 11 as is taught in U.S. Pat. No. 5,519,561. The sensed current is filtered by a low pass filter 21 comprising the series resistor 23 and shunt capacitor 25 to remove high frequency noise and spikes in the current. This low pass filter 21 has a roll off frequency typically in the range of about 40-50 KHz. Hence, the filter 21 passes the fundamental 400 Hz of the current. The filtered sensed current is amplified by an op amp 27 and applied to a full wave rectifier 29 which includes op amp 31, input resistor 33, feedback resistor 35 and a diode 37 at the output of the op amp. The filtered sensed current signal is applied to the inverting input of the op amp 31 so that negative half cycles become positive half cycles at the output of the op amp and are passed by the diode 37. Positive half cycles of the sensed current become negative half cycles which are blocked by the diode 37. However, these positive half cycles are passed directly through the resistors 33 and 35 without appreciable attenuation as the op amp of the next stage has a very high input resistance. The values of the resistors 33 and 35 are made equal so that a gain of one is applied to the negative half cycles also. The filtered and rectified half cycles of current are applied to a peak detector 39 which incorporates a clamping circuit 41 so that the magnitude of the half cycles does not exceed the input capability of the processor 17. This clamping circuit includes an op amp 43, a resistor 45 and a diode 47 tied to the plus five volt supply. The peak detector also includes the diode 49, resistor 51, capacitor 53 and the FET 55 shunting the capacitor 53. The capacitor 53 charges up to the peak magnitude of the pulses with a charging current limited by the resistor 51. The diode 49 prevents the capacitor 53 from discharging as the amplitude of the pulse decreases thereby holding the peak value on the capacitor 53. This diode 49 also compensates for the forward drop of the diode 47 so that this peak magnitude generated on the capacitor 53 does not exceed the plus five volts of the supply voltage. The resistor 45 provides stability for the clamping circuit. The voltage across the capacitor is read during each half cycle by the processor 17. The processor then turns on the FET 55 to discharge the capacitor 53 for sampling the next half cycle. The processor 17 analyzes the peak magnitudes of the successive half cycles of current to detect the presence of an arc fault. As the magnitude of the arc current in an aircraft electrical circuit can be dependent upon its distance from the source, the processor 17 looks for differences in the peak magnitude between half cycles. The difference by which each most recent half cycle of current, above a selected magnitude, exceeds its immediately preceding half cycle in absolute magnitude is added to a cumulative sum. The processor 17 only adds the calculated differential to the time attenuated cumulative sum for half cycles above the selected magnitude which exceed the immediately preceding half cycle in absolute magnitude after a first half cycle which exceeds this selected magnitude. Therefore, it takes a first half cycle with a magnitude above the selected magnitude to arm the system. The processor also attenuates the cumulative sum as a function of time by reducing the sum each half cycle to thereby produce a time attenuated cumulative sum. The processor 17 terminates adding to the attenuated cumulative sum when this sum attenuates to a predetermined minimum level. As an arc fault can be intermittent, in that it does not strike every half cycle, a missing half cycle produces a large difference in magnitude compared to the next half cycle in which an arc strikes so that the cumulative sum can rapidly build to the trip level under such conditions. The processor 17 also provides a delayed trip for those instances where an arc strikes regularly each half cycle. The differences in magnitude between half cycles can be very small in such case and would require an inordinate number of cycles before a trip signal could be generated. The delayed trip is generated if a time attenuated accumulation of peak values of current above a short delay threshold exceed a short delay trip value. FIGS. 5A-5C illustrate a flow chart 59 of the algorithm used by the processor 17 to implement the invention. Upon start up, the processor initializes system variables at 61 and then enters a main loop at 63. For each half cycle as determined at 65, the previous current value is saved at 67 before the peak value stored on the peak detector is sampled at 69. The FET 55 is then turned on at 71 to reset the peak detector. Next, the short delay function is initiated by setting the short delay current equal to the most recent current peak at 73. If this value does not exceed the threshold for the short delay as determined at 75, the short delay current and short delay accumulator are set to zero at 79. If the short delay current exceeds the threshold it is scaled at 81. Turning to FIG. 5B, the short delay accumulator is decayed at 83 and then the scaled short delay current value is added to the short delay accumulator at 85. If the short delay accumulator value exceeds the threshold at 87, a breaker trip command is generated at 89. If no short delay trip command is generated, the arc detection function is implemented. The first half cycle or pulse to exceed the arc threshold is not used in order to discriminate from the large inrush currents which can be generated by some loads. This first half cycle is ignored by using a first pulse (FP) counter. If this timer goes to zero, the next increase in current that is greater than the minimum increase threshold is not integrated. Returning to FIG. 5B, the first pulse timer is not zero at 91 it is decremented at 93. If the magnitude of the previous pulse is more than the first pulse threshold as determined at 95, the first pulse timer is set to a maximum interval at 97. Turning to FIG. 5C, the difference between the magnitude of the most recent pulse and the succeeding pulse is determined at 99. If this difference is less than a minimum difference threshold as determined at 101, the difference is set to zero at 103. Otherwise, the difference value is scaled at 105. As part of the function of dearming the arc detector when the time attenuated cumulative sum decays to a minimum value, the previous value of the accumulator in which the cumulative sum is stored is saved at 107. The cumulative sum is then decayed at 109. If the first pulse timer has not reached zero, indicating that this is not a first pulse above the first pulse threshold as determined at 111, the scaled current difference is added to the cumulative sum at 113. If the cumulative sum exceeds the trip threshold as determined at 115, a trip command is generated at 117. Next, if the cumulative sum has decayed below a reset threshold but the previous value of the cumulative sum was above the preset threshold as determined at 119, the first pulse timer is reset to zero at 121. In either case, the algorithm returns at 123 to the beginning of the main loop at 63 in FIG. 5A. Returning to FIG. 4, the trip command generated by the processor 17 either upon detection of an arc fault or through the generation of the delayed trip, is applied to the output circuit 19. This output circuit includes a trip coil 125 which is energized from the load side of the separable contacts 5 in the circuit breaker and load ground and is controlled by a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) 127 triggered by the trip command provided by the processor over the lead 129. The trip solenoid 125 when energized actuates the operating mechanism 7 to open the separable contacts 5. While the preferred form of the processor 17 is a digital processor which is now available in a physical size suitable for incorporation into the subminiature circuit breakers used in aircraft electrical circuits, analog circuitry could alternatively be utilized. It can also be appreciated from the above that the method of detecting arc faults in a 400 Hz ac electrical system such as an aircraft electrical system comprises the steps of monitoring the magnitude of the half cycles of current in the ac electrical system. The magnitude of each half cycle is compared to a selected magnitude. For those half cycles exceeding the selected magnitude after a first half cycle exceeding the selected magnitude, a cumulative sum of the differences by which the magnitude exceeds the magnitude of an immediately preceding half cycle is generated. This cumulative sum is reduced by a selected function of time. Should the cumulative sum reach a selected value, an arc fault indication is generated. While the exemplary system described uses measurements of current in each half cycle of the ac current, other cyclic intervals, such as once each cycle or multiple cycles could be used instead. While specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and alternatives to those details could be developed in light of the overall teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, the particular arrangements disclosed are meant to be illustrative only and not limiting as to the scope of the invention which is to be given the full breadth of the claims appended and any and all equivalents thereof. Patent Citations
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Petersen has spent the last couple years bouncing between the AHL and ECHL after graduating from the QMJHL. The 23-year-old winger netted 11 goals and 27 points in 52 contests for Wilkes Barre (AHL). Most likely, Petersen will need to put in a full season with the Baby Pens before there's talk of him joining the Penguins in any role. The 2010 fourth-rounder faces a make-or-break season with the organization.
Petersen, a fourth-round pick in 2009, scored 24 goals and 57 points in 40 games for ECHL Wheeling in 2010-11. He's a proven scorer from his days in the QMJHL, where he totaled 37 and 39 goals, respectively, in the past two seasons. The 21-year-old winger looks to spend the majority of 2011-12 with the Wilkes-Barre Baby Penguins as he gains experience in his second professional season. Another strong campaign will put him firmly in the prospect camp.
Petersen collected 39 goals, 79 points and a plus-46 rating in 59 games for St. John of the QMJHL in 2009-10. Taken in the fourth round of the 2009 draft, Petersen will likely spend a bit more time in the QMJHL before moving on the the minors. He's worth watching from a fantasy perspective, but is a few years away.


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On Friday, December 7, 2012, from 5:00 until 6:30 p.m., Mayor and Mrs. Dykstra invite the community to the annual Open House at City Hall. This year the open house will occur just before the Sinterklaas Parade. Come and share in Holiday cheer and enjoy the historic City Hall decorated for the holidays. Light refreshments will be served. No reservations are necessary. The Holland City Hall is located across from Centennial Park at 270 South River Avenue, Holland, Michigan 49423.


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Located near the slopes, this Ribcev Laz hotel is in a national park, 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Lake Bohinj and close to winter activities such as cross-country skiing and skiing lessons. Lake Bled and Vintgar Gorge are also within 20 mi (32 km).
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Hotel Gasperin features a library, multilingual staff, and ski storage. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, the property provides an area shuttle within 80 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request). This ski hotel also offers a garden, laundry facilities, and express check-in.
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Love Vince Flynn.. This is my 6th book and this recoreding stinks. They will remove my post if I tell the truth on what Ken Kilban sounds like. Ken...Please retire.....Vince...quality control please...I'll repurchase if you fix this .
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
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As Irene swept by, this area experienced high winds that knocked out power for hours or days. My electricity was off for a day and a half. I always feel like a kid camping out when that happens--cooking and getting ready for bed by lantern light, no electronic entertainment--just silence and crickets. When the power came back on, I felt a stronger than usual pang of disappointment. I decided to pay attention to that. What did I miss, now that the power was back on? I wasn't really sorry to have the microwave and the washing machine back on line. What I missed most was the silence. I realized that I had fallen into the habit of switching on the radio for whatever I was doing--cooking, washing dishes, taking a bath, and so on. Why did I need constant chatter in the background? What was I avoiding? So I decided to leave the radio off. (I don't have TV.) What happened moved me so deeply I wanted to share it. In the peace of silence, I could listen to my own thoughts. I could notice things, draw connections, appreciate surprises. I could step outside of time and be in the now--instead of always having my attention drawn to whatever was happening on the radio. I rediscovered how much I enjoy my own company. I found new energy for writing and other projects. I'm not missing much by unplugging. How much of what's on the nightly news do you REALLY need to hear? It's funny that it took a hurricane to wake me up. Funny that a loss of power helped me rediscover my own power.
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Hey All, Not sure if anyone cares or is interested but I started a blog about my adventures and since I have enjoyed so many of others blogs I thought I would let you know of mine. fabrewing.blogspot.com
Good luck with it. You should make the text in your signature a link to the blog.
I'm too lazy and have too many beers going to keep updating this!
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I just started mine a few days ago and have made a couple of posts yours looks good and I will be interested in seeing your posts... (the link to mine is in my signature if you want to have a look)
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God bless America and the screwballs who make these decisions.
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The soldier at the centre of the Valkyrie coup
In the film Valkyrie, Tom Cruise plays Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, the man who, on 20 July 1944, placed a bomb next to Hitler in his east Prussian headquarters, the Wolf's Lair. The bomb failed to kill Hitler, merely blowing his trousers to ribbons. That night, when the coup was seen to have failed, Stauffenberg was shot in the courtyard of the army headquarters in Berlin on the orders of General Fromm, his superior, who was in on the plot and hoped - in vain - to save himself. Sandbags were piled in the courtyard and the lights of staff cars illuminated the victims. Von Haeften, his aide, threw himself in front of Stauffenberg. He and two others were also shot that night and their bodies quickly buried. Stauffenberg died with the words"Long live our sacred Germany" on his lips, or perhaps - some heard -"Long live our secret Germany". In German, there is even less difference between the words"sacred" and"secret" than there is in English. The producers of Valkyrie have muffled his last words; the story behind secret Germany does not figure in their script, but they were clearly aware of its significance. Within a few weeks, 80 plotters had been executed in Plötzensee prison by slow strangulation, hung from meathooks; in all, at least 3,000 were killed and many children, including Stauffenberg's, were taken from their families and placed in orphanages. Many of those executed were from Germany's most distinguished families, people who, like Stauffenberg, were appalled by the direction Germany had taken, both in relation to the Jews and to the disastrous war in the east.
The film is true to most of the facts of the plot, but fails to convey any sense of the catastrophic moral and political vortex into which Germans were being drawn. Nor does it give much sense of the immense charisma of Stauffenberg, to whom generals and politicians deferred and who had for some time been tipped as a future chief of staff. A revealing private memoir I was given, which describes a visit shortly before the bomb plot by Stauffenberg to one of the other resister's houses, suggests that the female staff were sent into paroxysms of adoration by the wounded hero. And the film gives no indication at all of Stauffenberg's background and philosophy: he fitted perfectly into the German tradition of Dichter und Helden, poets and heroes. For a start, he looked the part, tall with classical features; he was often compared to a medieval statue of a knight in the cathedral at Bamberg, his home town, and his wedding in this cathedral in 1933 to Nina von Lerchenfeld was a huge social event. Even Hitler believed that Stauffenberg was the embodiment of a German hero....
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