![]() ![]() Under Nuremberg laws instituted in September 1935, Landmesser was not allowed to marry Ms. He remained a member until 1935 when at 25 he decided to marry a Jewish woman named Irma Eckler. The photo shows a crowd of people, who are believed to be workers, raising their arms for the infamous gesture, except for a man believed to be August Landmesser who is standing with his arms crossed, squinting.Īugust Landmesser became a member of the Nazi Party in 1931, according to Fasena, an educational site on the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. ![]() ![]() It was in Germany in 1936 and a newly built ship was about to leave the harbor of Hamburg. Nearly 80 years have passed since a camera captured the moment when a man stood with his hands down among the sea of Germans giving a Nazi salute. ![]()
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