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09-03-2016, 05:52 PM
The lone German worker who refused to salute Hitler
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June 13, 1936
August Landmesser (circled) refuses to salute during the launching of the Horst Wessel.
Image: Public Domain
On June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its latest sailing vessel, the 295-foot barque Horst Wessel, named for a Nazi activist who was killed by communists in 1930 and treated as a martyr as part of party propaganda.
The event was headlined by a speech from Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess with Adolf Hitler at his side. Wessel’s mother christened the ship with a bottle of champagne, and the assembled crowd of workers and onlookers gave an enthusiastic Nazi salute. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/august-landmesser/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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June 13, 1936
August Landmesser (circled) refuses to salute during the launching of the Horst Wessel.
Image: Public Domain
On June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its latest sailing vessel, the 295-foot barque Horst Wessel, named for a Nazi activist who was killed by communists in 1930 and treated as a martyr as part of party propaganda.
The event was headlined by a speech from Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess with Adolf Hitler at his side. Wessel’s mother christened the ship with a bottle of champagne, and the assembled crowd of workers and onlookers gave an enthusiastic Nazi salute. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/august-landmesser/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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