The Edelweiss Pirates were the renegade youth during the Nazi Regime in Germany thru the 1930's and 40's which consisted of a thousands of working class people from manily the western regein. The fought against the( HJ )Hitler's Youth, (SS)Secret Police, and the Nazi party. Even though they were not into political parties they wanted freedom from the Nazi's rule.At the peek of the war over 100,000 teens were members of the Edelweiss Pirates.Source; Edelweiss Pirates Operation Einstein.
This comes from the book Edelweiss Pirates, Operation Einstein. It was written by young adult book author Mark A. Cooper.The story of the Edelweiss Pirates is fiction but based on the real lives of the Edelweiss Pirates. They were German teenagers living during WW2. They refused to join the Hitler Youth, they spent there time playing pranks on the Hitler Youth and Nazi's. They also helped some German Jewish families.
Edelweiss Air was created in 1995.
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Edelweiss - song - was created in 1959.
"Schloss Edelweiss" is German for "Edelweiss Castle." The term "Edelweiss" is also the name of a rare alpine flower, often used symbolically to represent rugged beauty or purity.
· In 1944, the Cologne Pirates (the Edelweiss Pirates based in Cologne) killed the Gestapo chief, so the Nazis publicly hanged 12 of them. t They had marches and protests. they attacked Nazi officers and guards they smuggled Jews and helped enemy air force (that had crashed) Some of the less violent groups just quietly helped Jews or protested etc.
the tune is edelweiss written by Rogers and Hammerstein.
Black Edelweiss has 206 pages.
Black Edelweiss was created in 2002-07.