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Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst at East Station in Munich on July 23,1942. The three students were executed together. (photo: George Wittenstein/AKG / Public Domain)
By Dr. Paul Shrimpton, EWTN News, February 18, 2024
Dr. Paul Shrimpton is the author of Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Resistance in Nazi Germany (2018), as well as two books on St John Henry Newman: A Catholic Eton? …
COMMENTARY: Hans Scholl, like his sister Sophie, had found in St. John Henry Newman and other Christian writers the resources and inspiration to make sense of the brutal world around him.
A great deal of ink has been spilt recently about the culture wars on campus, where progressive ideologies are tolerated and even championed by both faculty and students. By contrast, advice about how to nurture young hearts and minds to withstand the prevailing climate has been in relatively short supply.
With the approach of another White Rose anniversary, I can think of no better example worth reflecting on than the lives of Hans and Sophie Scholl. These martyrs for truth and conscience illustrate how it is possible to survive, and indeed thrive, in a truly toxic academic atmosphere.
Eighty-one years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, Hans and his sister Sophie were caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at Munich University. Five days later, they were tried and executed for high treason on Hitler’s direct orders. ….
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