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** I'm not sure if the Shetland Bus story should go here or in the UK section, but this is damned impressive either way.

** German faced 12,000 teachers refuse publicly to join the Nazi party, something the Germans had to accept because otherwise the Norwegian school system could not work. After victory, in Nazi held territory, the teachers stated:

{{quote|"The call of the teacher is, however, not solely to gift their pupils with knowledge. They are also to teach them to believe in and desire that}}

{{quote|"The call of the teacher is, however, not solely to gift their pupils with knowledge. They are also to teach them to believe in and desire that which is true and just. Therefore, they cannot, without breaching with their calling as a teacher, teach anything conflicting with their conscience. Those who do, are sinning against those students given them to teach, and against themselves. This I swear I will not. I will not encourage you to do anything I believe is wrong, nor will I teach you anything which I believe is untrue. I will, as I have heretofore done, let my conscience be my guideline, and then I believe I will be upholding my pact with the great majority of the people who have bestowed upon me that teacher's task."}}

* When the Supreme Court soon after the military's defeat was asked to confirm

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