At first glance, Sophie Magdalena Scholl was an unlikely candidate to play a major role in a key resistance movement in Nazi Germany—and for that matter, in history. Sophie was born in 1921 to an upper middle-class family in the south of Germany, the fourth of six children. When she was ten years old, her family moved to Ulm, where her father served as a state auditor and tax consultant.
Thank you for this awesome letter. The movie Sophie Scholl - The Final Days is well worth watching. It actually was suggested in a course I took, Understanding World Religions under the Christianity section. Also, there is a book, historical fiction, The White Rose Network by Elie Midwood which I thought was well written.
Thank you, Brenda! I can't believe you've seen the film, and further, that you encountered it in a World religions class. Appreciate the book rec, too; this is the smartest community!
Dissent is our First Amendment right. We also have the right to peacefully protest the actions our government takes in our name. Such reprisals for espousing currently "unpopular" opinions is not only unConstitutional it's morally and ethically wrong.
How do we as a nation ever evolve into one that actually puts into practice the high ideals put forth in our founding documents if we refuse to learn from our past mistakes, refuse to learn about the effects of our current actions?
I'm guessing you mean the U.S. as the nation you refer to; and you're absolutely right that we keep repeating the mistakes of empire and oppression. I'm astonished at the censorship occurring in the current situation, and it has opened my eyes to a deeper level of responsibility for the ethnic cleansing and genocide happening now, the harms of Zionism, and the inability ot so many to see them.
Thanks for highlighting these courageous people. Now more than ever we need heroes like them.
Thank you for commenting. And yes, we really do need heroes at this critical juncture.
Thank you for this awesome letter. The movie Sophie Scholl - The Final Days is well worth watching. It actually was suggested in a course I took, Understanding World Religions under the Christianity section. Also, there is a book, historical fiction, The White Rose Network by Elie Midwood which I thought was well written.
Thank you, Brenda! I can't believe you've seen the film, and further, that you encountered it in a World religions class. Appreciate the book rec, too; this is the smartest community!
Dissent is our First Amendment right. We also have the right to peacefully protest the actions our government takes in our name. Such reprisals for espousing currently "unpopular" opinions is not only unConstitutional it's morally and ethically wrong.
How do we as a nation ever evolve into one that actually puts into practice the high ideals put forth in our founding documents if we refuse to learn from our past mistakes, refuse to learn about the effects of our current actions?
I'm guessing you mean the U.S. as the nation you refer to; and you're absolutely right that we keep repeating the mistakes of empire and oppression. I'm astonished at the censorship occurring in the current situation, and it has opened my eyes to a deeper level of responsibility for the ethnic cleansing and genocide happening now, the harms of Zionism, and the inability ot so many to see them.