Posted on 03/29/2009 8:56:44 AM PDT by SteelTrap
"The real damage is done by those millions who want to ’survive.’ The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn."
Sophie Scholl, executed by the Nazis on Febuary 22, 1943
First saw her quoted in a great post from a guy named Peter Boettke. Hat tip to Arnold Kling who I found by reading Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit).
Boettke's article led me to learn more about the German woman named Sophie Scholl. I found a movie (available via streaming) on Netflix named Sophie Scholl – The Final Days. It was a powerful story. I highly recommend watching the movie and learning who this woman was.
We saw the DVD. Very powerful witness.
Very much so. I was in awe of her bravery.
For those not familiar with her. Her is that Freepers review. I agree 100%.
Sophie Scholl was executed by guillotine by the Third Reich after she was arrested and found guilty of distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at her college campus and for this she was beheaded along with several of the other brave young God-fearing people of the “White Rose”, an underground Nazi resistance movement. This is a dramatization of that event, it is a movie that will not leave you and will have you thinking about it for days after viewing. I highly recommend this film. I found myself drawn into this movie like few other movies will do. This is brilliant stuff. The tension becomes almost unbearable. The depiction of Freisler (The judge), which might seem over the top, but is quite consistent with accounts and actual film clips of the trial, maybe even understated. He was diabolical, tyrannical and very hot tempered.
Watch the Trailer:
A beautiful tribute to Sophie and the White Rose.
Tissue warning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkoJgPkFoDs&feature=related
Leaflets of The White Rose (Nazi resistance)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days[powerful example of faith and courage in the face of great evil]
Just picked up that movie from AMAZON - will give it a watch.
I saw it and was deeply moved
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