So, I've been working on my White Rose website. It's been quite awhile. Yesterday and today, I wrote up a biography of Hans Leipelt. He almost always gets mentioned when talking about the White Rose, but although he had connections to both Munich and Hamburg, he was kind of off on his own. As a result, there really isn't as much out there ( Read more... )

... I haven't even updated my White Rose website to reflect the glorification of Alexander Schmorell as a saint last February. In the meantime, let me share with you a couple of links:

http://www.incommunion.org/2011/02/20/alexander-schmorell-a-witness-in-dark-times/ I may have shared this one before, as I'm quoted in the article

http://www. ( Read more... )

Now and then, I get emails from people with questions or comments about my (incomplete) webpage about the White Rose. For the most part, I enjoy answering and commenting as I can, because I'm glad that there are people out there who have an interest ( Read more... )

Yesterday, at church, the gospel reading included three instances in which the passage of time plays an important role - the parable of the wise and foolish servants and how they conduct themselves when their master is gone, the parable of the wise and foolish maidens and their lamps, and the parable of the talents ( Read more... )

Such a cloud of witnesses ( Read more... )

Sixty-one years ago, on this date, Alexander Schmorell and Professor Kurt Huber were executed at Stadelheim Prison in Munich.

(crossposted to weisserose)

I don't think that I ever mentioned that I did see the movie "The White Rose". Well, basically the cassette I ended up buying _was_ a copy, but according to the labeling, this place has bought rights to distribute the film. I'm fairly skeptical about that, but oh well. When I have money to buy it, I'm going to buy the (German) DVDAnyway, to the ( Read more... )

One of the themes that is becoming more and more pronounced in the Harry Potter series is that of death. Voldemort is adamant that the worst thing that could happen to a person is that they should die, and he tries convincing Harry of this. After all, if this life is it, why waste your time trying to do good and trying to be noble, especially if ( Read more... )

It just came out yesterday, and it's about how the experiences of the members of the White Rose on the Eastern front influenced a change in their approaches between leaflets #4 and #5. Here is a link to it on Amazon.de (Yes, it's in German ( Read more... )