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    5 days ago

    Edelweißpiraten. They were systemically persecuted because they didn’t integrate into the Hitlerjugend. Some of them were killed in street fights, some were transferred to the eastern front and used as minesweepers and others just got tortured to death.

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        4 days ago

        They were peace activists.

        But you’re thinking of the White Rose perhaps, who were not only peace activists but actively calling for an end to the Nazi Regime.

        Those were students, aged 21-23, who were beheaded by the Nazis. Sophie Scholl was the most prominent one.