Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance in Nazi Germany

by Paul Shrimpton

Overview

Conscience before Conformity tells the story of German students who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Third Reich, and died for their beliefs. Operating under the name of the White Rose, they printed and distributed leaflets condemning Nazism and urging Germans to offer non-violent resistance to the 'atheistic war machine'.

By looking at the cultural and religious journey of the protagonists, Hans and Sophie Scholl, we can see what made them change from active participants in the Hitler Youth to leaders of the White Rose resistance. These modern-day heroes were deeply influenced by intellectuals they met in secret, and by the writings of great Christian thinkers such as St Augustine, Pascal, Georges Bernanos, and Bl. John Henry Newman. What they learnt gave them the strength to put their consciences before conformity to the Nazi lie.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780852448434
Publisher:	Gracewing
Publication date:	02/16/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

DR PAUL SHRIMPTON teaches at Magdalen College School, Oxford. A specialist in history of education, he is author of A Catholic Eton? Newman's Oratory School and The 'making of men': the Idea and reality of Newman's university in Oxford and Dublin, both published by Gracewing.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...........................................................ix

PREFACE..........................................................................................xi

INTRODUCTION..........................................................................xvii

1 BIRMINGHAM AND MUNICH.............................................1

2 THE SCHOLL FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS.................19

3 DARING TO BE DIFFERENT: 1939–41................................41

4 MAKING SENSE OF EVIL: 1941–42......................................77

5 THE WHITE ROSE LEAFLETS: SUMMER 1942................129

6 STALINGRAD AND THE TURN OF THE TIDE: AUTUMN

AND WINTER 1942............................................................189

7 MORE LEAFLETS: JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1943...............213

8 ARREST, TRIAL AND EXECUTION: 18–22 FEBRUARY

1943..........................................................................................245

9 AFTERMATH IN MUNICH AND ELSEWHERE................269

10 LEGACY......................................................................................279

BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................................293

INDEX...............................................................................................297