Why This Matters

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Organized here by topic. Hyperlink on this page takes you to topic, and hyperlinks on those pages take you to posts. Date of post is at end of description, along with accessibility - free or paid.

White Rose posts

If you read nothing else... Just what it says. These are the most important posts regarding White Rose resistance and why we sacrifice to tell the true story.
Freedom, justice, liberty. Nonpartisan look at how White Rose resistance and friendships can inspire us today.
Women of the White Rose Series. In alphabetical order. Please note that we do enforce copyright. If you choose to write about one of these women, we expect appropriate cites and references. I wish this statement were not necessary.
People of the White Rose. In alphabetical order. Listed in this section only if a post primarily focuses on a single individual.
Holidays. Have you ever wondered if the White Rose friends celebrated holidays, with all the doom and gloom they knew? And if so, how? These posts answer your questions.
Remembering dates and anniversaries. If you only remember White Rose resistance on February 18 or February 22, 1943, you're doing them a disservice. Second White Rose trial (April 19, 1943), third White Rose trial (July 13, 1943), second set of executions (July 13, 1943)... you get the picture.
Russian Front Series, There is a great deal of misinformation, both on the Internet and in published books, surrounding the clinical rotation the White Rose soldier students performed in 1942. Focusing solely on that medical internship also ignores accounts left by Fritz Hartnagel, Otl Aicher, and Willi Graf of days before and after July-October 1942. This series seeks to correct those errors.
General topics. Section for posts that are otherwise difficult to pigeonhole.
Historiography Series. Much of this section is for paid subscribers only.

Podcast - serialized audio book, White Rose History, Volume II. Temporarily discontinued.

Worktable for White Rose History, Volume III. - Fighters to the Very End (October 13, 1943-May 8, 1945) currently on hold pending underwriting of the project and fellow researchers who wish to collaborate on the book. This volume is too much for one person. Not moving forward on this project (despite having hundreds - if not thousands - of pages translated and in "the database") until funding and personnel are both in place.
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A postscript: About our work

Going barefoot. I am taking off those shoes that have had pebbles in them for over thirty years. I need to get my life back. As direct as I know how to be about the services we can and cannot offer:

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I love this topic, I love our work. But I've almost bankrupted myself physically, financially, and emotionally. Read the full post here. July 3, 2025. Free.

Pebbles in my shoe. You are not alone. The battles I face? I feel quite certain every last one of you faces similar struggles. You are not alone. Prequel to Going barefoot (above). July 1, 2025. Free.