Die Weiße Rose

"The German name will be forever defamed if German youth does not finally arise, avenge, and atone, if he does not shatter his tormentor and raise up a new intellectual Europe. Students! The German nation looks to us!"

-Excerpt from Leaflet VI written by myself

Trial and Death, 1943

            This cannot be! The White Rose cannot be stopped so soon, with so much left unfinished. Oh how did such ill-fortune befall upon us? A while ago our movement was steadily growing in recognition, our goals were shared by an increasing number of people, and our missions were undetected by the police. But now! How did the entire circumstance turn around? If only that wretched custodian, Jakob Schmid, did not happen to see Sophie and Hans distributing the leaflets, then our movement now would still be unstoppable! However, now it is too late to think about the past. The damage is done. Two months ago, on February 22, Hans, Sophie, and Christopher Probst were all beheaded in Stadelheim Prison. Today, April 19, I was brought before the People’s Court and publicly humiliated for the articles I had written. To make matters worse, my lawyer quit and a random lawyer not familiar with the case was chosen to come to my defense. In the end, I was given the death sentence for insurrection. On July 13, everything will end. However, I do not worry as much for myself as for my wife and children. They will be without income or support. And yet I can do nothing besides sit in this wretched prison cell! All I can do now is hope someone will come aid my family. Aside from my family woes, I have one last task to accomplish. I know that I must finish the biography I am writing about the German mathematician and philosopher Leibniz. I have requested for my date of execution to be pushed back so I can finish the book. My request was denied. My execution date is set. Destiny cannot be changed. I will embrace death bravely.

 

--Stadelheim Prison, where I am imprisoned--

Sources:

http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2009/sites/WhiteRose/htmlsite.html

http://www.katjasdacha.com/whiterose/biographies/huber.html

http://antinaziresistanceorganizations.blogspot.com/2009/05/biography-kurt-huber-1893-1943.html

Pictures: 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Stadelheim.jpg

Important Locations at the University

--Tour of significant places at the school--

Courtesy of youtube and uploader alanheath

Information Sources

If you are interested, dear followers, then you should read the leaflets we have painstakingly risked our lives to create and distribute. Here is a link to a wonderful source where you may view our hard work:
http://www.whiterosesociety.org/WRS_pamphlets_home.html

Here are links where you may gather more information about our movement:
http://libcom.org/library/white-rose-leaflet-7
http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2001/09/00_ginder_white-rose.php
http://www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/white-rose1.htm

Here is a timeline related to the White Rose Movement:
http://www.google.com/search?q=White+Rose+leaflets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=white+rose+germany&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsb&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=g22NTePPI5OssAPa6eT-CA&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=15&sqi=2&ved=0CHQQ5wIwDg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=158f5021afbf0802

The Sixth Leaflet

--This is a picture of Leaflet VI--

Source:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEDrjCH5CLTOz_n_K67rPmcfSs0c0vkMpHjJy6Z-eex7K08wYtkEQ8Qvp_394LVjnJNFLZTAuVr03MW_SbOWj5owYsAs_1cZRV2OZ5DAfH9FgJ5Q0CldEM_sU_pJuKV0SHiczIO2L3P8/s400/sixth+leaflet.jpg

The 6th Leaflet

              My fellow White Rose members have accomplished a great deal, from writing leaflets to secretly distributing them. The fact that they have done all this without being detected, I am astounded at how much luck and courage we have. Now it is my time to prove my worth to the movement. I have become one of the primary writers and have helped edit the fifth leaflet that Han Scholl wrote. However, that is not enough. I know that I can accomplish much, much more. So I have decided to write the entire sixth leaflet by myself. As I am writing this leaflet, I am directing it at students, so that they may realize what type of crises Germany is in. I believe that encouraging phrases such as “Fight against the Party!” and “Freedom and honor!” will bring forth a sense of patriotism and duty from my readers, the same feelings I am feeling as I am writing this down. I hope that through writing, I can encourage the youth, the future of Germany, to stand up against the Nazis and free Germany from this dreadful oppression. I intend every written line to enlighten my readers, so that they may see the true face of the Party and realize what they must do to ensure their freedom. I am nearing the end of my piece of work and concluding it with strong calls to action. Soon, it will be ready for Sophie and Hans to distribute to the people of Germany. I have high expectations of the responses to this leaflet.

--I am a primary writer of the White Rose Movement--

Sources:

http://www.deheap.com/Leaflet_6.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERwhiterose.htm

http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2009/sites/WhiteRose/htmlsite.html

Picture: 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146II-744,_Kurt_Huber.jpg

Exploring the University of Munich

--Exploring the University where members of the White Rose attended--
Courtesy of youtube and uploader excatholics