In 1942, five young German students and one professor at the University of Munich crossed the threshold of toleration to enter the realms of resistance, danger and death. Protesting in the name of principles Hitler thought he had killed forever, Sophie Scholl and other members of the White Rose realized that the ‘Germanization’ Hitler sought to enforce was cruel and inhuman, and that they could not be content to remain silent in its midst. With detailed chronicles of Scholl’s arrest and trial before Hitler’s Hanging Judge, Roland Freisler, as well as appendices containing all of the leaflets the White Rose wrote and circulated, this volume is an invaluable addition to World War II literature and a fascinating window into human resilience in the face of dictatorship.

Annette Dumbach is an author, journalist and university lecturer who has lived throughout the world. She has received degrees from the City College of New York, the University of Missouri, and the Sorbonne, and currently resides in Munich.

Dr Jud Newborn, a New York-based scholar, lecturer and journalist, was educated at New York University, Cambridge, and the University of Chicago. A former Fulbright Fellow specializing in both anthropology and the history of the Third Reich, Dr Newborn is a pioneer in the creation of Holocaust museums. He was Founding Historian of New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, and is currently Special Projects Curator and Director of Development for the Cinema Arts Centre.

“The animated narrative reads like a suspense novel.”
New York Times

"This book, chapter by chapter, builds into an incontestable argument for the power and possibilities of action over passive acceptance and apathy."
Jewish Chronicle

"Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn's moving reconstruction of their story was first published in hardback in 1986 as Shattering the German Night"
London Review of Books