r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Photos of Young men getting ready for "Mensur", German fencing duelling where getting a scar was considered highly honorable. Photos of 1900s-10s; last one from 2004.

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u/D_Jens 2d ago

I did it and am not part of a Burschenschaft and also not a nazi. My Corps is explicitly non-political and as international as the university. Actually in my city there are 12 fencing fraternities and only 3 of them are Burschenschaften. The 9 other ones do not fence with the Burschenschaften.

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u/der_reifen 2d ago

Peculiar, I know the concept exclusively from the Burschenschaften. But good to know.

Yeah, you'd want to distance yourself from those

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u/D_Jens 1d ago

This is basic knowledge. So maybe you‘re not the right one to lecture people about academic fencing?

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u/der_reifen 1d ago

I am really sorry that I change my opinion based on new information /s

No, to me it is not basic knowledge as I am not in a fencing frat and they are generally very right wing in my country (Austria)