Thursday, February 22, 2018

The White Rose

On this date, February 22, 1943 Sophie and Hans Scholl with their friend Christph Probst were executed by German authorities.

They were members of the White Rose, who began a resistance to the German government after the defeat of German forces at Stalingrad.

In recent weeks historians have unhearthed information on one of the members to suggest at an earlier stage he was a strong supporter of the Nazis.

No comments:

Featured Post

BBC reporter first journalist to get copy of Belfast Agreement

An obituary in The Irish Times yesterday. It makes for a lovely read. His comment on John Hume is worth noting. Stephen Grimason, who has di...