That guy had some balls
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broorb (07/05/2012) [-] 
“August Landmesser (1910 – presumably killed February 1944) was a worker at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. He appeared in a photograph refusing to perform the Nazi salute at the launch of the naval training vessel Horst Wessel on 13 June 1936.
“He had been a Nazi Party member from 1931 to 1935, but after fathering children with a Jewish woman, he had been found guilty of “dishonoring the race” under Nazi racial laws and had come to oppose Hitler’s regime. In February 1944 he was drafted into a penal unit, the 999th Fort Infantry Battalion, where he was declared missing in action and presumably killed.”
(Source: Wikipedia)
“He had been a Nazi Party member from 1931 to 1935, but after fathering children with a Jewish woman, he had been found guilty of “dishonoring the race” under Nazi racial laws and had come to oppose Hitler’s regime. In February 1944 he was drafted into a penal unit, the 999th Fort Infantry Battalion, where he was declared missing in action and presumably killed.”
(Source: Wikipedia)
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primerpower (07/05/2012) [-] Few know that the "Nazi salute" was actually the sign of the reich...
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russiankadenskii (07/05/2012) [-] reminds me of in soviet russian when stalin kept the people clapping after his speech for like 45 minutes, and old man couldnt continue, so they took him and killed him
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theswagmobile (07/05/2012) [-] How appropriate that we not only know this hero's name, but some of his background as well.
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thenewgizmobox (07/05/2012) [-] he must have been struggling to stand with those enormous balls.
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theswagmobile (07/05/2012) [-] So this is just a crazy idea...
But what if we tried rolling comments until broorb's comment popped up and fixed this?
But what if we tried rolling comments until broorb's comment popped up and fixed this?
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mistahsingh (07/05/2012) [-]
That's Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the Sixth Guru (or teacher) of the Sikh religion. Was told that he would be killed if he had not convert to Islam by the emperor at that time, Jahangir. He refused, being a religious leader, and was put to death by being boiled alive, having hot sand poured on his body, then being tossed into a river.
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hatersghate (07/04/2012) [-] That guy is pretty known (not like really know and more than somehow known)
August Landmesser (born May 24, 1910, presumably killed February 1944) was a worker at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, best known for his appearance in a photograph[1] refusing to perform the Nazi salute at the launch of the naval training vessel Horst Wessel on 13 June 1936
I copied that from wikipedia look for him.
August Landmesser (born May 24, 1910, presumably killed February 1944) was a worker at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, best known for his appearance in a photograph[1] refusing to perform the Nazi salute at the launch of the naval training vessel Horst Wessel on 13 June 1936
I copied that from wikipedia look for him.
