The White Rose: An Online Conversation

What might today’s antifa – and their detractors – learn from an early antifascist student group?

On February 22, 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friend Christoph Probst were found guilty of treason against the Third Reich, and guillotined.

As core members of the student group The White Rose, these young people were decidedly antifascist. But their convictions were, in many ways, quite distinct from most who claim the antifa label today. Devout Christians and passionate German patriots, they wrote and distributed a series of leaflets which sought to arouse Germans’ cultural memory and conscience, quoting Schiller, Goethe, Aristotle, and Novalis.

On March 4 at 7:30 pm, join Maximilian Probst, Christoph’s grandson; the philosopher Dr. Jennifer Frey of the University of South Carolina; activist Aimee Murphy of Rehumanize International; and history teacher Lisabeth Button for a conversation to launch Freiheit!, Plough’s new graphic novel about the lives and deaths of the White Rose members. Plough Senior Editor Susannah Black will moderate.

[tinahughes]

this story should be retold in every school now

[marknixon]

Thanks for uploading this it was a very in depth discussion on the heart of martyrdom and what a Christian response is to tyranny, I found it edifying.I have just ordered a copy of Freiheit on Amazon and can’t wait . I live in the UK where very little is known of these brave people so I’ve only recently heard of the White Rose Society myself . I am sure this graphic novel will help bring greater awareness of them to the english speaking world. Love in Christ