WW2: The White Rose Resistance
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History Hit
4.5 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
2022 marks the 80 year anniversary of the White Rose resistance against Nazism. The White Rose was made up of 5 students and an academic in Munich, who saw the atrocities of the Nazi regime and knew that somebody had to stand up against it. At great personal risk, they typed up anti-nazi rhetoric and disseminated it across universities in the hopes of stopping World War 2, and preventing the Nazi party from further bloodshed. Eventually giving their lives, this important story is being shared by Alexandra LLoyd from Oxford University, providing a detailed explanation of what happened, and what lessons can be learnt from this remarkable sacrifice.
The Senior Producer was Elena Guthrie. The Assistant Producer was Aidan Lonergan.
Edited and mixed by Annie Coloe
Extracts performed by Sophia Fabian
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes apply. |
| 0:27.6 | Saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.8 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your |
| 0:45.0 | there. |
| 0:50.0 | this is a care in the world as you simply lean back. |
| 0:47.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:50.0 | This is how travel should feel, |
| 0:52.0 | and on our trains it does. |
| 0:55.0 | A Vanti West Coast feel good travel. |
| 0:59.0 | The White Rose was a name given to a resistance circle at the University of Munich in the early 1940s. |
| 1:09.0 | It's a name that has become synonymous with resistance. |
| 1:13.3 | Its members were made up of largely young students, |
| 1:16.0 | including the famous Hans and Sophie Scholl, |
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