http://libcom.org/tags/edelweiss-pirates The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://libcom.org/history/schmitz-hans-1914-2007 <p>Hans Schmitz was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1914. </p> <p>His father,* a leading activist in the anarcho-syndicalist union the <a href="/tags/faud" class="bb-url">FAUD</a>, was a devout Catholic and a convinced pacifist from both a religious and ideological standpoint (!). Despite this, as Hans Schmitz reports, he carried a weapon as a member of the “Red Ruhr Army” during the right-wing Kapp putsch.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/history/schmitz-hans-1914-2007">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/history/schmitz-hans-1914-2007#comments Western Europe Edelweiss Pirates FAUD Germany Nick Heath anarchists biographies fascism German Resistance mutinies World War II 51.267822 7.184114 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:38:17 +0000 Steven. 14852 at http://libcom.org