[HN Gopher] Fate of the Man Who Refused to Salute Hitler
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       Fate of the Man Who Refused to Salute Hitler
        
       Author : paulpauper
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-01-09 21:45 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote:
       | It's worth noting that there is contention around who that person
       | actually is. According to wikipedia[0], the person in that
       | photograph was identified as August Landmesser by his daughter,
       | Irene Eckler, who would have been 5-6 at the time of his death.
       | 
       | Judging by the photos, I suspect it's actually Gustav Wegert[1]:
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       | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Landmesser#Recognition
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       | [1] http://www.wegert-familie.de/home/English.html
        
       | jleyank wrote:
       | Hopefully, you are never in the position of facing a really hard
       | decision. One option might lose your life. The other might,
       | probably will, lose your soul.
        
       | type0 wrote:
       | > he was sent to a concentration camp for a period of two years
       | and after that, he was forced into a military unit made up
       | entirely of prisoners. His unit was poorly armed and essentially
       | used as a human shield
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       | Essentially what Russians are doing today
        
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