Now students wore drab SA uniforms and spent their evenings discussing ‘Germany’s Racial Destiny’, ‘Nordic Science’ or ‘The Place of Woman in the National Socialistic State’.17 These were the students who on the evening of 27 June lined the streets, forming a barrier with the leather straps that were normally slung across their shoulders as part of their uniform. Sybil noticed how young they were and how they broke their line ‘with great good humour’ whenever she and her friend wanted to cross a road.
