I'm just passing this on from a blogger with a soul named Susan Lewis.
August Landmesser was a worker at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, best known for his appearance in a photograph refusing to perform the Nazi salute at the launch of the naval training vessel Horst Wessel on 13 June 1936.
August Landmesser was a worker at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, best known for his appearance in a photograph refusing to perform the Nazi salute at the launch of the naval training vessel Horst Wessel on 13 June 1936.
Whether this defiant fellow is actually August Landmesser is not enitrely certain. Whoever he is, the courage he reflects is all too rare in a world where 'going along to get along' is the rule rather than the exception.
Here is the Wikipedia link for August Landmesser...
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