Everywhere and at all times demons have been lurking in the dark, waiting for the moment when man is weak; when of his own volition he leaves his place in the order of Creation as founded for him by God in freedom; when he yields to the force of evil, separates himself from the powers of a higher order; and after voluntarily taking the first step, he is driven on to the next and the next at a furiously accelerating rate.Everywhere and at all times of greatest trial men have appeared, prophets and saints who cherished their freedom, who preached the One God and with His help brought the people to a reversal of their downward course
From The White Rose link....
But out of love for coming generations we must make an example after the conclusion of the war, so that no one will ever again have the slightest urge to try a similar action.
Some saw 'it' then, some did not (turned their heads in denial)
Some see 'it' now, some do not (turn their heads in denial)
'History repeats itself' is a truth but not for those in denial.