Class Year
2014
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2014
Department 1
History
Abstract
This paper examines the motives behind the White Rose resistance group. Active from 1942-1943, the White Rose consisted primarily of university students who produced anti-Nazi leaflets. By examining documents such as letters, diaries, the leaflets themselves, and Gestapo interrogations, the motives of the group are evident. The members resisted the Nazi regime for moral and ideological reasons, specifically in relation to the failures World War II, atrocities committed by Nazis in Poland and the Eastern Front, the restriction on personal rights, and an inner duty to oppose the regime.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Quirin, Katelyn M., "“Long Live Freedom!”: Moral Motives Behind the White Rose Resistance" (2014). Student Publications. 235.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/235
Comments
This History Senior Thesis was written for Professor William Bowman's course HIST 418: Nazism in the Spring of 2014.