The White Rose

For John, BLUF:  Not everyone gets noted by a nation's President upon their passing.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Traute Lafrenz, last survivor of White Rose group that resisted Nazis dies at 103

Here is the sub-headline:

The last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis has died

From The Boston Globe, an Obit, 10 March 2023, 5:13 pm.

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Traute Lafrenz, the last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis, has died. She was 103.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences to her family Friday, describing Ms. Lafrenz as a “wonderful and immeasurably brave woman.”

“Your mother was one of the few who, in the face of the crimes of National Socialism, had the courage to listen to her conscience and stand up to dictatorship, fascism and war.”

According to an obituary published in The Charleston Post and Courier, Ms. Lafrenz died on March 6. She had emigrated to the United States after the war, marrying fellow physician Vernon Page and eventually retiring to South Carolina.

Three leaders of the White Rose were exeuted for their activities just over 80 years ago, Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, on 22 February 1943.

The White Rose originated in Munich, and then spread.  It lasted less than a year, but made an impression that continues on to today, at leasst with those who resist tyrany.

Regards  —  Cliff