Chapters 6 - 10 (podcast)

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Chapter 6, part 1: Daggers Drawn. June 18 - June 21, 1942. Adalbert Grundel's nickname was “The Revolutionary,” because of his obsession with the topic 'Immunity Against the Nazis.' And Bertl was someone Willi Graf trusted implicitly. (2024.06.25) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 6, part 2: Daggers Drawn. June 21 - June 24, 1942. When proper counsel failed her, Lilo offered Alex the only thing she could: Her support and friendship. She promised him that she would always be there for him if he ever needed help. (2024.06.26) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 6, part 3: Daggers Drawn. June 25, 1942. Perhaps Kurt Huber and Heinrich Ellermann assumed that their academic rank would grant them an edge over inexperienced college students. They could not have been more mistaken. (2024.06.27) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 6, part 4: Daggers Drawn. June 26, 1942 - June 28, 1942. “I knew what I took upon myself and I was prepared to lose my life by so doing.” - Hans Scholl. (2024.06.28) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 6, part 5: Daggers Drawn (2007 update). June 18 - June 28, 1942. “I don’t know how you are doing, whether you have encountered something good or bad, how you like being in Munich, whether you find your studies satisfying.""-Fritz Hartnagel to Sophie Scholl. (2024.06.29) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 7, part 1: Secret Mail. June 27 - June 28, 1942. Hans Scholl still thought that if professors and other thinkers could be shown that they had been duped, they would fight back. (2024.06.30) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 7, part 2: Secret Mail. June 29 - June 30, 1942. “Act in such a way that a minimum of harm arises from what you have done and what you have left undone.” - Hans Hirzel. (2024.07.01) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 7, part 3: Secret Mail. June 30, 1942. It is easy to wonder why and how and who. As these White Rose friends lived the backbreaking effort, they would have been happy just to finish another leaflet without getting caught. (2024.07.02) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 7, part 4: Secret Mail (2007 update). June 27 - June 29, 1942. Alexander Schmorell confirmed that they always mailed a copy of the leaflets to themselves, so they could be certain the mail was getting through. "The process worked." (2024.07.03) FREE.

Chapter 7 - Leaflets of the White Rose. II. It is not up to us to pass final judgment regarding the meaning of our history. But if this catastrophe shall be our sure salvation, then it shall be so: ... (read on) (2024.07.04) FREE.

Chapter 8, part 1: Battle Cry. July 1, 1942. We were not fighting the Russians. We were there simply to conquer the oil fields north and south of the Caucasus. - Otl Aicher. (2024.07.05) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8, part 2: Battle Cry. July 1 - July 4, 1942. Every individual human being has the right to a useful and just State that guarantees the freedom of the individual as well as the common good. - Hans Scholl, Leaflet III. (2024.07.06) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8, part 3: Battle Cry. July 5 - July 10, 1942. It went back to that old matter of trust. Who would be able to keep his mouth shut? Who was nice, but a Nazi mole? Who would break easily if caught, endangering the fragile operation? (2024.07.07) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8, part 4: Battle Cry. July 10 - July 12, 1942. Do not forget even the little scoundrels of this regime. Note their names, so that no one escapes! - Hans Scholl, Leaflet IV. (2024.07.08) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8, part 5: Battle Cry (2007 update). July 1 - July 10, 1942. “But these were ‘positive’ doubts, if one can say that, because they did not breed resignation, but rather action and intensity.” - Christoph Probst. (2024.07.09) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8, part 6: Battle Cry (2007 update). June 30 - July 10, 1942. “I believe we Germans have been exposed to the lesser evil, in light of this suffering [the Holodomor].” - Fritz Hartnagel, July 1942. (2024.07.10) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 8 - Leaflets of the White Rose. III. If a person cannot even summon the strength to demand his rights, then there is nothing left for him but destruction. (2024.07.11) FREE.

Chapter 8 - Leaflets of the White Rose. IV. We will not keep silent. We are your guilty conscience. The White Rose will not let you alone! (2024.07.12) FREE.

Chapter 9, part 1: A Village Destroyed by Gunfire. July 11 - July 15, 1942. In July 1942, a rumor spread among the student body that the disseminator of White Rose leaflets had been caught, sentenced, and executed. (2024.07.13) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 9, part 2: A Village Destroyed by Gunfire. July 15, 1942. Eduard H. stunned Professor Kurt Huber with his next words. He had personally witnessed the mass execution of Jews in the Crimea. (2024.07.14) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 9, Part 3: A Village Destroyed by Gunfire. July 15 - July 18, 1942. Willi Graf did something completely out of character: He acted spontaneously. It was his older sister’s wedding, after all. She would say her vows the same day his train left for the Russian front. (2024.07.15) For paid subscribers.

Chapter 9, part 4: A Village Destroyed by Gunfire. July 15 - July 18, 1942. For Christoph Probst, it was like salvation, deliverance, when he came home to Ruhpolding. (2024.07.16) FREE.

Chapter 9, part 5: A Village Destroyed by Gunfire. July 13 - July 18, 1942. Sophie would never develop the capacity to truly allow Fritz inside her life. There always was a part of her that was shut off from every person she knew, except perhaps for Otl Aicher. (2024.07.17) FREE.

Chapter 10, part 1: Black Tea and Champagne. July 19 - July 22, 1942. What Hans Hirzel perceived as “inconsequential things” provided the ultimate basis for the more serious contemplations of the White Rose circle. (2024.07.18) FREE.

Chapter 10, part 2: Black Tea and Champagne. July 22, 1942. Alexander Schmorell stood his ground in the face of this difference of opinion. 'Passive resistance was the most appropriate action they could take.' (2024.07.19) FREE.

Chapter 10, part 3: Black Tea and Champagne. July 22 - July 23, 1942. It was obvious that Manfred Eickemeyer was the primary source for the information in Leaflet II. If what Eickemeyer said were true, how would they as Germans bear the guilt in future generations? (2024.07.20) FREE. 

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