Ruth Sachs has agreed to post book reviews of some of the material she has read since July 1994, when she first began her research into the activities of the group known as the White Rose. New reviews will be uploaded as they become available.
Beginning June 2011, we will include reviews by other scholars and researchers, and books reviewed will include publications on other resistance movements (i.e., no longer just White Rose).
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Books reviewed to date:
- Aicher, Otl. Innenseiten des Kriegs. Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1985.
- Bald, Detlef. Die Weisse Rose: Von der Front in den Widerstand. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 2003.
- Blair Brysac, Shareen. Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Breinersdorfer, Fred, ed. Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (Das Buch zum Film). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, 2005.
- Brenner, Heinz A. Dagegen. Leutkirch, Germany: Rud. Roth & Cie. KG, 1992.
- Chaussy, Ulrich. Keine Stunde Null. Nirgends. Munich: Bayrischer Rundfunk, 2006.
- Fürst-Ramdohr, Lieselotte. Freundschaften in der Weißen Rose. Munich: Verlag Geschichtswerkstatt Neuhausen, 1995.
- Hartnagel, Thomas, ed. Sophie Scholl/Fritz Hartnagel: Damit wir uns nicht verlieren. Briefwechsel 1937 - 1943. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, 2005.
- Hirzel, Susanne. Vom Ja zum Nein: Eine schwäbische Jugend 1933 - 1945. Tübingen: Kloepfer & Meyer, 1998.
- Jens, Inge, ed. At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
- Jens, Inge, ed. Willi Graf: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen. Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1984.
- Khramov, Igor, ed. Alexander Schmorell: Gestapo-Verhörprotokolle, Februar-März 1943. RGWA I361K-I-8808. Orenburg, Russia: Orenburg Charity Foundation “Eurasia”, 2005.
- Lechner, Silvester,ed. Die "Hitlerjugend" am Beispiel der Region Ulm/Neu-Ulm. Ulm: DZOK Manuskripte, 1993.
- Leisner, Barbara. Sophie Scholl. Munich: Econ Ullstein List Verlag, 2000.
- McDonough, Frank. Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman Who Defied Hitler. Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2009.
- Riester, Albert. Gegen den Strom. Munich: Universitas Verlag, 1987.
- Schüler, Barbara. "Im Geiste der Gemordeten...": Die 'Weiße Rose' und ihre Wirkung in der Nachkriegszeit. Paderborn, Germany: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2000.
- Smelik, Klaas A.D., ed., translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943, Complete and Unabridged. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002.
- Swineford, Edwin J. Wits of War: Unofficial GI Humor-History of World War II. Fresno: Kilroy Was There Press, 1989.
- “…damit Deutschland weiterlebt!”: Christoph Probst (1919-1943). Ed. Robert Volkmann, Gernot Eschrich, and Peter Schubert. Gilching, Germany: Christoph-Probst-Gymnasium Gilching, 2000.
- Ziegler, Armin. Eugen Grimminger: Widerständler und Genossenschaftspionier. Crailsheim, Germany: Baier Verlag, 2000.
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