Pfui Hitler--The Courage to Resist

This article, written by a Melkite-rite Catholic priest describes the life and death of Franz Jägerstätter, an  Austrian farmer who lived during the Nazi era. Jägerstätter was not an educated man yet he saw evil clearly and was not afraid to call it what it was. While many German and Austrian intellectuals and highly educated members of the clergy supported Hitler, this man--who left school at the age of fourteen--saw that the Nazi regime was wrong and refused to support it by serving in the military.

He was guillotined for his refusal at a prison in Berlin. He left three children behind.

The story of his life does not end there. On October 26, 2007, he was beatified by Pope Benedict. Beatification is of course the last step before canonization and being named as a saint.

I encourage you to read the article linked above and learn about this man.  While there are huge differences between the Nazi regime and the American Empire--the American empire isn't so much actively racist as it is cruelly indifferent to those who get in its way--his example can serve as an inspiration to those of us who are frustrated by our inability to stop the American war machine.