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TIL prior to WWII in Nazi Germany, a group of German teens known as the Edelweiss Pirates rebelled against the authoritarian Nazi regime.They intermingled with the opposite sex, grew their hair long, and wore outlawed clothes.During WWII,many spread Ally propaganda and assisted German army deserters

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