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TIL That the "Red Orchestra" was the name given by the Gestapo to a group of German professionals, intellectuals and artists in Nazi Germany that resisted the regime from 1933-1942. They provided intelligence to allies, sheltered Jews, and were ultimately discovered by the Nazis and executed.

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