Why This Matters
Denise Elaine HeapWhite Rose and other German resistance during the Shoah, and why it matters in the 21st century
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In Memoriam: Alexander Held (October 19, 1958 – May 12, 2026)
Alexander Held in Orenburg, Russia, Spetember 2007. Photo © 2007 Dr. Igor Khramov.
This short in memoriam is harder to write than I thought it would be. And I’m having to write it ten or more years before I’m ready to do so.
Septem...
Sophie Scholl. Part XVI. Footnotes and references (May 25, 1940 – June 22, 1940).
For some reason, Sophie saw herself as bad, as unworthy of love. Until the Scholl Archives are open, we likely will not know the reason for her negative self-image.
Real war seems to have galvanized Sophie Scholl. Where she had been rumina...
Sophie Scholl. Part XVI. Peace and revenge. (May 25, 1940 – June 22, 1940)
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Theodor Haecker—a theologian-philosopher whose writing greatly influenced Otl Aicher, and by extension, Werner Scholl—took Adolf Hitler’s warmongering seriously. As Germany went on the offensive, running...
The language of dissent
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Around this time in May 1942, a tightknit group of friends finally put pen to paper and began a project they’d talked about for a while. Hans Scholl and Alexander Schmorell wrote compet...
Just as we think nothing will ever change, it does
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Every once in a while, when my well runs dry—and this week, has it ever run dry!—I go back to those old newsletters. 1999-2013. For the first five or so years, we mailed hard copies to about 4000 readers....
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In 1994, I stumbled across the (then) little-known story of White Rose resistance. I now write full-time about their heroism.
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