The Edelweiss Pirates by Cash Antolak

cashantolak — 2022-12-02 20:01:05 UTC

The Edelweiss Pirates were a youth group who opposed hitler and they were created in the 1930 after hitler's youth was started

There acts of resistance

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 19:27:56 UTC

The Edelweiss Pirates would beat up Hitler youth groups and Nazi supporters. And put allied propaganda dropped by British bomber planes in peoples mail boxes.

Their impact

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 19:31:04 UTC

The Edelweiss Pirates were not a major resistance force. But they would slash tires, and occasionally steal a bike.

The hanging

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 19:32:08 UTC

In 1944 6 Edelweiss Pirates were hanged form conspiring to blowup an SS base in Cologne

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 19:37:13 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUsjRLF4pA

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 19:55:45 UTC

The Edlewiess Pirates singing together in 2005

Singing banned songs

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 20:04:59 UTC

arranging hikes and trips to the outskirts of the big cities the Pirates would sing song that would critizis the regime and hitler.

Helping Jews escape

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 20:16:55 UTC

During the whole war the Pirates would help Jews and German deserters escape.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelwei%C3%9Fpiraten

cashantolak — 2022-12-09 20:18:34 UTC