Germany: The White Rose (TRIH ep 256)
1942 · Resource
This episode tells the story of Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. Dominic traces their upbringing in a devout, independent-minded family, their early involvement in the Hitler Youth, and how personal readings (Stefan Zweig, Thomas Mann, Augustine, Aquinas) and wartime experiences led them to oppose Nazism. In 1942–43 Hans, Sophie and their student friends produced and distributed sharply worded leaflets denouncing Nazi crimes, notably the mass murder...
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