Showing posts with label Resistance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Resistance. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2018

Stéphane Hessel and the Importance of Being Outraged

by Nomad


Stéphane Frédéric Hessel isn't a name you are likely to recognize but that doesn't mean he wasn't an influential person who lived an uneventful life.
Before his death five years ago, the New York Times called Hessel “one of the last living heroes of the darkest era of the twentieth century.”


Saturday, February 24, 2018

Sophie Scholl and the Conscience of the Nation

by Nomad



This 22 February marked the 75th anniversary of the trial and execution of  21-year-old Sophie Magdalena Scholl. Along with her brother, Hans, and her friend, Christoph Probst, Sophie was charged with and convicted of high treason against the Nazi regime.