Memorial for the Cologne victims on Schönstein Str, next to the Bahnhof
The Edelweiss Pirates (German: Edelweißpiraten[ˈeːdl̩vaɪs.piˌʁaːtn̩]ⓘ) were a loosely organized group of youths opposed to the status quo of Nazi Germany. They emerged in western Germany out of the German Youth Movement of the late 1930s in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth. Similar in many ways to the Leipzig Meuten, they consisted of young people, mainly between the ages of 14 and 17, who had evaded the Hitler Youth by leaving school (which was allowed at 14) and were also young enough to avoid military conscription, which was only compulsory from the age of 17 onward. The roots and background of the Edelweiss Pirates movement were detailed in the 2004 film Edelweiss Pirates, directed by Niko von Glasow.
The EdelweissPirates (German: Edelweißpiraten [ˈeːdl̩vaɪs.piˌʁaːtn̩] ) were a loosely organized group of youths opposed to the status quo of Nazi Germany...
Leontopodium nivale, commonly called edelweiss (German: Alpen-Edelweiß, English pronunciation /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/ AY-dəl-vice), is a mountain flower belonging...
members included young people, including teens active in the local EdelweissPirates group, escaped detainees from forced labor camps, and Jews. On 10...
ˈʃɪŋk] ; November 27, 1927 – November 10, 1944) was a member of the EdelweissPirates, active in the Ehrenfeld Group (Ehrenfeld is a district of Cologne)...
World War II. She is best known for being a member of the youth group EdelweissPirates. She was born in Cologne on 1 June 1924. Her father was a communist...
Hitler Youth were outlawed and pursued, while some of them (e.g., the EdelweissPirates) tried to carry on. One thing which might have been different from...
identities, and there were less politically motivated groups, such as the EdelweissPirates (German: Edelweißpiraten), who acted in defiance of Hitler Youth norms...
Song" starring Sylvie Testud (which won three German Film Awards), "EdelweissPirates" which starred Bela B., Jan Decleir and Anna Thalbach, and Winter...
everyday life in Nazi Germany. Peukert was especially interested in the EdelweissPirates, a group of working class teenagers in Cologne and the other cities...
where he becomes the leader of a criminal youth gang (akin to the EdelweissPirates). The Red Army soon captures Danzig, and Alfred is shot by invading...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
1924 21 June 2016(2016-06-21) (aged 92) Last surviving member of the EdelweissPirates. German Resistance movement Germany Leon Kopelman (1924-04-26)26...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
concentration camps) and the working class, mostly Cologne based EdelweissPirates (some of whom were hanged by the Nazis), the Zazou subculture represented...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
2003 Der Fluch des schwarzen Schwans Oliver NeuFundLand Robert 2004 EdelweissPirates Josef Hoegen Super Monkey Doctor 2005 Wahrheit oder Pflicht Bernd...
with the aim of destroying Nazi control. They were similar to the EdelweissPirates, but more politically driven. The organisation however, was dissolved...
functionary of the KPD. He is most well known for being part of the EdelweissPirates. Bachler grew up in an East Prussian communist-oriented family, which...
role of concentration camp prisoner Hans Steinbrück in the 2004 film EdelweissPirates. In 2005 Bela's acting roles included a role in the short film Kingz...
Switzerland Netherlands Luxembourg EdelweissPirates Edelweisspiraten (in German) Niko von Glasow The EdelweissPirates and wartime German Resistance 2004...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
Karl Otto Paetel Alexander Schwab Related Back-to-the-land movement EdelweissPirates freikörperkultur Kibbutz German Forest Hippie Hitler Youth Kreisau...
to punish Germans like the youthful non-conformists known as the EdelweissPirates. In Ancient Rome, both men and women originally wore the toga, but...
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