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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False narratives of victimhood
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I will be upfront with you. This post, along with a similar one that goes into greater detail, has been sitting on my To-Do list for over two years. It’s a hard one to write.
It wasn’t a comple...
Sophie Scholl. Part XVII. Footnotes and references (June 23, 1940 – August 9, 1940).
German law clearly forbade euthanasia. The Bar Associations, judges, and district attorneys did nothing to challenge the legality of the T-4 Program. They simply let it happen.
Sophie Scholl’s political observations grew more astute, espec...
Sophie Scholl. Part XVII. The fruits of peace. (June 23, 1940 – August 9, 1940)
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Armistice, peace between Germany and France, brought good things to Fritz Hartnagel. He chose the cream of the crop as quarters for his men, a château southeast of Orléans, in southern Champagne, France. H...
Gerard DeGroot’s Book Review. Chastise: The Dambusters.
"But 800 of the dead were female slave labourers...who in no sense deserved their agony. ‘I don’t think we ever gave a thought to the people who would be drowned’, recalled one of those brave fliers."
Gerard DeGroot — Book Review on Substa...
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...
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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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