Otto and Elise Hampel were Germans who wrote and spread hundreds of anti Nazi cards across Berlin during WWII. They were beheaded with a guillotine in 1943. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_an... - ThreadSky

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Otto and Elise Hampel were Germans who wrote and spread hundreds of anti Nazi cards across Berlin during WWII.
They were beheaded with a guillotine in 1943.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_and_Elise_Hampel

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manxinwales.bsky.social•15 days ago

Jesus! The guillotine is so symbolically violent, despite probably being one of the kinder methods of execution. Seems mad it being used in the 1940s!

rattenil.bsky.social•14 days ago

It was last used in France in 1977, a few months before the release of the first Star Wars film.

manxinwales.bsky.social•14 days ago

Whoah! I have a feeling I'd heard that before but it hadn't fully registered what it really meant. Mad...

craftyprimrose.bsky.social•15 days ago

So brave. They had what it takes, the ripples from the stones they launched into the murky pond of Naz!sm are still visible. They stepped up. So must we.

yahharti.bsky.social•15 days ago

Rest in Power

tabbycat1.bsky.social•15 days ago

So sad.😢

vondyck.bsky.social•15 days ago

Their story could have been lost, but Hans Fallada’s "Alone in Berlin" ensures their courage is remembered. Even the smallest acts of resistance can make a difference in the face of tyranny.

puca-beg.bsky.social•15 days ago

A great book, has stayed with me since I first read it. Such courage.

mjmcoomber.bsky.social•15 days ago

Fantastic book (aka Every Man Dies Alone)! My students have really gotten into it

pimbina.bsky.social•15 days ago

Read a few years ago. Great book. It's actually a novel based on the life of Otto and Elise Hampel.

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