Third White Rose Trial: July 13, 1943. Eickemeyer, Söhngen, Dohrn, and Geyer. (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This book contains all trial documents for the third White Rose trial, held on July 13, 1943. Documents included: Indictment (unofficial - an official version has not yet been found); Gestapo reports and analyses of the case; miscellaneous interrogation transcripts; recommendation letters; and final verdict, with reasons justifying same.In addition, the book holds all known records pertaining to the case of Josef Söhngen, the bookseller who befriended Hans Scholl. The transcripts of Söhngen's intake questionnaire and subsequent interrogations, along with a few surviving letters by and between Söhngen and Hans Scholl, provide a fascinating glimpse into Scholl's personal life.As recorded both by Söhngen and by Inge Scholl (as found in a letter from Magdalena Scholl to Josef Söhngen, *Sippenhaft*), Hans Scholl's final loving words shortly before his execution were for Josef Söhngen. It therefore makes sense to better comprehend their relationship, if one wishes to grasp Scholl's state of mind.The "reasons" stated in the verdict also provide scholars of German resistance with a rare glimpse into the mindset of the few older Germans who dared to resist. It is no accident that so many of the idealistic citizens who faced off with the Nazis were young, mostly students (and not just in White Rose resistance, but in general).In this volume, we see the special challenges to family and career faced by those who were over forty, and yet stood up for justice.