Fritz Theilen, born September 27, 1927, was a German member of the anti-Nazi resistance group the Edelweißpiraten during World War II. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups dedicated to fighting an Invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation The Edelweiss Pirates ( Edelweißpiraten) were a loose group of Youth culture in Nazi Germany. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Born to working-class parents, he joined the Deutsches Jungvolk division of the Hitler Youth in 1937, and was excluded for resisting orders in 1940. The Deutsches Jungvolk (German Youth was a subdivision of the Hitler Youth for boys aged 10 to 14 For the SS division with the nickname Hitlerjugend see 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend The Hitler Youth ( German:, Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He started an apprenticeship at the local Ford Motor Company auto plant in 1941. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following In 1942 he joined the Edelweißpiraten. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was imprisoned at the Gestapo's Cologne headquarters — the El-De Haus — in 1943. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany EL-DE Haus, officially the National Socialist Documentation Center, located in Cologne, is the former headquarters of the Gestapo and now a museum documenting After managing to escape from prison, he survived in the underground until 1945. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Ford only re-employed him after the British occupation force exerted pressure on the company's management. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located