Courage for the truth of your state.

"Die Weisse Rose" was called a group of students that started to show resistance against the Nazi regime. They thought it wrong what Hitler and his followers did and printed off flyers stating what  the Nazis really were doing.

They met at night in the cellar of one of the friends, thought about the texts, typed them with wiriting machines and send them to intellectuals within Germany.

On the 18th of February 1943 (70 years ago) there were still some left overs from the 6th flyer, and Sophie and Hans Scholl (Geschwister Scholl) decided to distribute the rest in the LMU, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet in Munich.

They run up the stairs put them infront of the halls. The doors were still locked, since lecture was going on. They run back to one of the entrances when they decided to run to the top part of the University. They through down the flyers when the concierge saw them and turned them over to the Gestapo.

They were condemned to death.

What impresses me is the Courage that stands behind the whole action. You do not just continue living within a regime even though you stronlgy disagree with it. You stand up and you try to do something. I am sure the young students from the weisse Rose were also at times filled with fear, but they knew it was the right thing to do, therefore they did not hesitate.

How much can we learn from this generation. And how simple and small are our problems of today in comparison. How often do we stand up for something or someone? Is the easier way not always to go with the flow?

Sophie Scholl sais Goodbye to Hubert Furtwaengler, Hans Scholl and Alexander Schmorell, who were about to leavein order to fight at the east front.