DEDICATION

La Bianca Rosa in Italian translates into English as The White Rose. I have borrowed the logo of the White Rose from the souls of a group of courageous teenagers, led by Sophie and Jacob Scholl, who lost their lives speaking out for the cause of freedom in Nazi Germany. They saw the need to speak to power in a murderous, fascist society when it was not only not fashionable but outright dangerous to do so. One really appreciates the value of a free society like ours that gives every citizen a voice not only in the voting booth but through the technology of the internet.

I do not intend my miscellaneous ramblings in this blog to be anywhere as controversial or courageous as the political essays generated by these brave young people. This is a different time and definitely a different country. I wanted to recognize the courage of these young people because I firmly believe that it will be the young people who will change the moral and political compass of this country.

“Do not forget that every people
deserves the regime it is willing
to endure”





The above quotation is from the First Leaflet they surreptitiously distributed in 1942. There are several links and books that will tell their story in greater detail. Here are a few:

LINKS

http://www.holocaust-history.org/short-essays/white-rose.shtml

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/rose.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

BOOKS

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Jud Newborn and Annette Dumbach (Paperback - Jun 2, 2007)

The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 by Inge Scholl, Dorothee Soelle, and Arthur R. Schultz (Paperback - Jun 15, 1983)

Journey to the White Rose in Germany (Paperback)
by Ruth Bernadette Melon (Author)