Chapters 11 - 15 (podcast)

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Chapter 11, part 1: Profound Impressions. July 23 - July 27, 1942. “I can no longer bear all this. My act will prove to everyone what is the right thing to do.” - Adam Czerniakow, July 23, 1942. (2024.07.21) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 11, part 2: Profound Impressions. July 27, 1942 (with flashback for Eugen Grimminger). Eugen Grimminger was not perfect in the sense of having no character flaws. He was, however, perfect with regards to integrity. The timing for his aid to the Scholl family was perfect for Sophie. (2024.07.22) FREE.

Chapter 11, part 3: Profound Impressions. July 26 - July 29, 1942. “Hopefully I will never again see Warsaw under these conditions.” - Willi Graf, July 27, 1942. (2024.07.23) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 11, part 4: Profound Impressions. July 29 - July 31, 1942. Even the desolate railroad embankment glowed with color, as flowers bloomed alongside gutted freight cars, buildings, and distraught human faces. (Hans Scholl) (2024.07.24) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 11, part 5: Profound Impressions (2007 update). July 27 - July 30, 1942. Live in deep assurance that everything is meaningful, that no coincidences ever befall us in this life, that all our battles are – in the end – fought for that which is good. (Christoph Probst) (2024.07.25) For paid subscribers. 

Chapter 12, Part 1: Preliminary Judgment. August 1 - August 3, 1942. “Stalin no good, Hitler no good, you and me home to Mama,” one such defector told Peter Hirzel in broken German. (2024.07.26) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 12, part 2: Preliminary Judgment. August 3 - August 4, 1942. Now sensing herself to be part of a larger whole, Gisela Schertling blossomed into a loyal National Socialist of her own choosing. (2024.07.29) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 12, part 3: Preliminary Judgment. August 4 - August 6, 1942. "Our encampment is in the forest and is completely safe." - Alexander Schmorell. (2024.07.30) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 12, part 4: Preliminary Judgment. August 6 - August 7, 1942. Suddenly, goodbye was not “auf Wiedersehen,” a blithe till-we-meet-again. Goodbye had the potential of permanence. (2024.07.31) FREE.

Chapter 12, part 5: Preliminary Judgment (2007 update). August 1 - August 7, 1942. Fritz talked to men in his company about the difference between obeying military orders and “internal orders” – when a person's conscience tells him that a military order is wrong. (2024.08.01) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 13, part 1: Relentless Rain. August 8 - August 12, 1942. “Everything strong is weak, everything weak, strong.” - Alexander Schmorell. (2024.08.02) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 13, part 2: Relentless Rain. August 12 - August 14, 1942. "A lot of the German women are also friendly and helpful to her, surprised to find that even Russians can be human beings, and unsophisticated ones at that, with no mistrust of others.”-Sophie Scholl. (2024.08.05)  For paid subscribers.

Chapter 13, part 3: Relentless Rain. August 14 - August 17, 1942. This time, the rain served a useful purpose: It brought the friends we know as White Rose together. (2024.08.06) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 13, part 4: Relentless Rain. August 14 - August 18, 1942. “I won’t do it under any circumstances. I won’t plead for mercy. I know the difference between false and true pride." - Hans Scholl. (2024.08.07) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 13, part 5: Relentless Rain (2007 update). August 11 - August 18, 1942. “There are so many atrocious things. Hour by hour, millions of soldiers on both sides are constantly endangered, engaged solely in trying to mutually kill one another." - Fritz Hartnagel. (2024.08.08) FREE. 

Chapter 14, part 1: Unexpected Harmony.  August 18 - August 23, 1942. Such an unexpected delight, music where there would be war. “One can sense the heart of Russia, which we love,” said Willi Graf to his diary. (2024.08.09) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 14, part 2: Unexpected Harmony. August 24 - August 28, 1942. Schurik was most pleased to see that in twenty years of Bolshevism, the Russian people had not forgotten how to sing and dance. Their music reconnected him to his roots. (2024.08.12) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 14, part 3: Unexpected Harmony. August 28 - August 31, 1942. Willi Graf looks back over the weeks that had gone before, understanding that it was important now, and it would be critical for the days to come that he was where he was, with precisely these people. (2024.08.13) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 14, part 4: Unexpected Harmony. August 31, 1942. Sophie Scholl had already had a taste of the liberating ‘lunacy’ that came from saying out loud the things that others whispered behind closed doors. There was so much work yet to do. (2024.08.14) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 14, part 5: Unexpected Harmony (2007 update). August 21 - August 31, 1942. Fritz's thoughts had turned to what would come after the war. Gone were his romantic notions of a chicken farm with Sophie at his side. He was more focused on something attainable. (2024.08.15) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 15, part 1: September Morn. September 1 - September 4, 1942. It is odd how war tends to envelop individuals in a peculiar cocoon, accentuating one’s burning needs at the expense of others. (2024.08.16) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 15, part 2: September Morn. September 1 - September 5, 1942. When Sophie Scholl examined things from every side and determined that one was more right, more just than the other, nothing could move her from her conviction. (2024.08.19) FREE.

Chapter 15, part 3: September Morn. September 4 - September 11, 1942. What began as a vision of utopia ended with Hans Scholl's conclusion that such a place would terminate with an apocalyptic flash of flame. (2024.08.20) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 15, part 4: September Morn. September 7 - September 14, 1942. In a world where the next person could be a Gestapo mole, where careless words could land a body in jail, Hubert Furtwängler simply *was*. (2024.08.21) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 15, part 5: September Morn (2007 update). September 6 - September 14, 1942. “I was never put into a situation where my attitude toward Russia could have possibly been detrimental to Germany’s interests.” - Alexander Schmorell. (2024.08.22) For paid subscribers. 

ISBN (digital): 978-1-956508-09-3. 891 pages. © 2002, 2005, 2007, Exclamation! Publishers and Denise Elaine Heap.
ISBN (serialized audio book): 978-1-956508-45-1. © 2024, Exclamation! Publishers and Denise Elaine Heap.