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The White Rose: A Story of Unsurpassed Courage
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The White Rose: A Story of Unsurpassed Courage

By Andrew Bernstein

May 20, 2020
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In the years 1942–1943, at the height of the Nazi reign of terror, a group of idealistic young Germans rose to challenge Hitler’s regime. They published a series of pamphlets that upheld, in ringing terms, love of freedom and a call to end Nazi brutality. In reference to the moral purity of their cause, they dubbed themselves the “White Rose.”

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