Let us now speak of Great Germans

LaFajita

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Sunday October 14, 2007 · 1:53 PM PDT

2007/10/14 · 13:53

I read Frank Rich's column this morning and the diary associated with it. I now feel compelled to write my Very First Diary on some other Germans who are worthy of our attention, and this time, our respect.

Imagine that it is 1943, and you are not one of the Good Germans. You stand alone, or you have too few friends with you to matter. You have a mob of crazed fanatics baying for your blood, and they will have it.

Well, imagine no more:

The White Rose Society

For those of your with a Netflix subscription, I recommend the following:

Sophie Scholl, Die Letzen Tage

Also available at Amazon.com and most well-stocked video centers.

I don't have much to add here. The Wiki entry explains it better than I could. This started as a comment on the Frank Rich Diary, and I realized that there was precious little in D Kos that was available on the White Rose and their doomed attempt to dissent against the German state. At the time, their pamphleteering seemed futile and even foolish. Today they are looked upon as heroes.

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