20 July always brings the annual canonisation of Stauffenberg. And every year, I quietly step aside. I don't really do heroes wrapped in aristocracy, ideas of a military ductatorship, and a vision of Germany that had precious little room for democracy or human rights. Opposing Hitler, important as it was, does not automatically make someone the kind of person I want to celebrate. If I am to remember German resistance, my thoughts turn first to Georg Elser. A working-class man who, long before the tide had turned, acted because he recognised where fascism was leading. No title. No uniform. No dream of restoring an old order. Just the courage to risk everything in the hope of stopping catastrophe. History is full of resistance. I simply choose to honour the kind that also dreamed of a freer, more democratic future. #GeorgElser #GermanResistance #Antifascism #History #NeverAgain