22-07-2008, 08:58 AM
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| Top Moose   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs
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  | Edelweiss Piraten Flicking through After The Battle No 104 , "Battle For Cologne" the Edelweiss Piraten get mentioned on page 3. They made attacks on high-placed Nazis including the assassination of an NSDAP-Ortsgruppenleiter . Never heard of them before. Had a quick Google, found a wiki page. Edelweiss Pirates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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22-07-2008, 09:50 AM
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| Ubique  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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| Interesting indeed - never heard of them either, Owen.
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22-07-2008, 11:03 AM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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| Hmmm... never heard of 'em  good find anyway
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22-07-2008, 11:24 AM
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| Ostfront is where its at!  Join Date: Apr 2004
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| I had heard of groups like this, they are mentioned in the Topography of Terror exhibition in Berlin (I think). Kenneth Branagh made a film about "Swing Kids" a related youth group. I believe it was not good though.
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22-07-2008, 05:27 PM
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