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August Landmesser, the German man who refused to give Hitler the Nazi salute due to his engagement to a Jewish woman, was later imprisoned while she was sent to a concentration camp.

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August Landmesser, the German man who refused to give Hitler the Nazi salute due to his engagement to a Jewish woman, was later imprisoned while she was sent to a concentration camp.

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