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Hans (left) and Sophie Scholl with Cristoph Probst (right), leaders of “The White Rose” resistance movement. Munich Germany, July 1942. UPDATE, March 21, 2018: Some of the links in this article no longer work. This article has been updated with new links here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie were part of “The White Rose”, a group that opposed Hitler and the Nazi party. Hans served as a medic on the Eastern (Russian) front from late July to October 1942. One month later, 300,000 Germans were trapped in Stalingrad and only 5,000 returned to Germany. . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hans and Sophie were arrested February 18, 1943 for distributing leaflets and indicted for treason. They were “tried” February 22, 1843 along with their friend Cristoph Probst, found guilty, and executed by guillotine later the same day. A moving account of the trial and visits with their parents during their last hours is toward the end of this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n 12 or so years ago, my son Jim acquired the above photo. He and his friend Eric wrote the following poem at that time.<\/p>\n — — — They are the things of nursery rhymes For Hans, perhaps no healing powers Innocence lost, like blood drained and White Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n – Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 Eric Duckworth and Jim Doty III You can learn more about Hans, Sophie, and the White Rose here<\/a> , here<\/a>, and (if you speak German) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sophie’s story has been made into a critically acclaimed movie that will be released in major U.S cities between February and May. You can learn more about the movie here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Current play dates follow. Updates to the playdate list will appear at the movie site<\/a>.<\/p>\n Current playdate list (February 27, 2006) arranged by state:<\/p>\n CALIFORNIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MINNESOTA MISSOURI MONTANA NEW JERSEY NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA TEXAS UTAH VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WASHINGTON DC Hans (left) and Sophie Scholl with Cristoph Probst (right), leaders of “The White Rose” resistance movement. Munich Germany, July 1942. UPDATE, March 21, 2018: Some of the links in this article no longer work. This article has been updated with … Continue reading
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWHITE ROSE
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSuch as ones you read to children \u00e2\u20ac\u201c
\nUnknowing toddlers suffering parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 crimes
\nAnd burned beneath the ashes of Dresden:
\nPetals falling to the ground.
\nSophie stares darkly serious
\nWith heavier weight than should be
\nAllowed for a woman on twenty-one.
\nBut everyone carried burdens.
\nThree hundred thousand bodies
\nmake the conscience sour,
\nShameful that a much larger number
\nwould be necessary to sate one man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\nThirst, or earn
\nrighteous vengeance.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEver learned could stop the burns and amputations
\nfrom the
\nEAST
\nOr mend the bleeding of a people
\nOnce vast
\nOnce proud
\nOnce beautiful.
\nAnd more than beauty, the daisy
\nsits
\nClose to Sophie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bosom,
\nIn its last bastion of protection
\nWhere life and beauty survive
\nIf only for a moment \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhitened leaving zombies in blind sleep;
\nRed sapped from passionate roses
\nStifling growth,
\nCultivating compliance,
\nLeaving only a single symbol
\nOf virginity
\nOf purity
\nOn aninimity<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n— — —<\/p>\n
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