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On 18 February 1943 Hans and Sophie Scholl, part of the White Rose group of peaceful protesters against the Nazi regime, were arrested at the University of Munich. They were later executed by guillotine. They were 24 and 21 years old.
[Edited to correct Sophie's age.]
And German society was angry at them for years, even after '45.
The still openly fascists, for obvious reasons.
The ex-fascists that had declared themselves as "regular citizens, victims of Hitler", too.
And the "silent majority" (the bunch of people that always looks the other way, since they are not directly affected) could not stand that there were examples of people that had done the right thing.
So the people that had actually resisted the nazis had a tough time and suffered a kind of ostracism.
@earthworm That is interesting. I wasn't aware of the lingering anger and ostracism against them after the war.
@bullivant @earthworm
Always surprised there isn't a well-known white rose antifa symbol to this day.
@bullivant @faduda @earthworm Adding a ref for others like me that didn't know about the group. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose
@YesCT @faduda @earthworm Thank you.