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The Edelweiss Pirates (Edelweißpiraten) were members of a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that emerged in western Germany in the late 1930s in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth. Similar in many ways to the Leipzig Meuten, they consisted of young people, mainly between the ages of fourteen and eighteen, who had either evaded the Hitler Youth by leaving school (which was allowed at age fourteen) or avoiding the Reich Labor Service and military service. The origins of the Edelweißpiraten can be traced to the period immediately prior to World War II, as the state controlled Hitler Youth was mobilized to serve the state, at the expense of the leisure activities it had previously offered young people. This tension was exacerbated once the war began and youth leaders were conscripted. In contrast, the Edelweißpiraten offered young people considerable freedom to express themselves and to mingle with members of the opposite sex, whereas Nazi youth movements were strictly segregated by sex into the Hitler-Jugend (boys) and Bund Deutscher Mädel (girls). Though predominantly male, the casual meetings of the Edelweißpiraten even offered German adolescents an opportunity for sexual experimentation with the girls that tagged along with every group. Apart from gatherings on street corners, the Edelweißpiraten engaged in hiking and camping trips, which kept them away from the prying eyes of the authoritarian Nazi regime. They often engaged in fights with the Hitler Youth and took great pride in attacking them. As one group, the "Navajos", sang: Des Hitlers Zwang, der macht uns klein, (Hitler's power may keep us small) noch liegen wir in Ketten. (we're still bound in chains) Doch einmal werden wir wieder frei, (But one day we'll be free again) wir werden die Ketten schon brechen. (We'll smash through the chains) Denn unserer Fäuste, die sind hart, (With our fists, we will fight) ja--und die Messer sitzen los, (Yes, and we'll draw our knives) für die Freiheit der Jugend, (For the freedom of Youth) kämpfen Navajos. (The Navajos are struggling) The response of the Nazis to the Edelweißpiraten was harsh. Individuals identified by the Gestapo as belonging to the various gangs were often rounded up and released with their heads shaved to shame them. In some cases, young people were sent to concentration camps or prison. On October 25, 1944, Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the group, and in late November of that year, a group of thirteen Edelweißpiraten were publicly hanged in Cologne. Among the victims was Barthel Schink, a sixteen-year-old leader of the local "Navajos."

		For					Against
Opponent	Race	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Score	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Gate
Bloody Cravings	Human	1000k	21	0/1/1	140k	2 - 0	1000k	6	1/1/1	0k	62k
Woodburn Knights	Wood Elf	1130k	21	1/0/1	60k	3 - 2	1260k	19	3/0/0	70k	85k
Malefic	Dark Elf	1230k	11	1/0/0	70k	1 - 1	1230k	19	2/2/0	80k	58k
VI's	Orc	1320k	12	1/0/0	80k	1 - 1	1240k	16	1/2/1	50k	72k
Chaos Dudes	Nurgle's Rotters	1430k	13	0/0/0	50k	2 - 2	1000k	16	1/0/1	40k	71k
Dig Your Own Hole	Vampire	1490k	13	1/0/0	30k	1 - 2	1510k	21	3/0/0	70k	52k
Relationsteorin	Amazon	1450k	14	1/0/1	40k	1 - 2	1490k	18	1/0/1	90k	73k
Walsdorfer Dorftrottel	Undead	1500k	18	1/0/0	60k	3 - 3	1320k	23	4/0/0	20k	30k
Clan Deepmug	Dwarf	1530k	17	0/0/2	20k	2 - 2	1420k	21	3/0/2	40k	62k
Fighting Orcish	Orc	1520k	19	2/1/0	30k	2 - 1	1640k	14	2/1/0	70k	64k
Walsdorfer Dorftrottel	Undead	1590k	21	0/0/0	70k	4 - 1	1540k	14	1/0/1	20k	43k
Clan Deepmug	Dwarf	1700k	21	0/0/0	50k	3 - 2	1590k	14	1/0/0	30k	86k
Fighting Orcish	Orc	1790k	19	1/1/0	60k	2 - 2	1800k	19	1/2/0	10k	64k