My saga with podcasting aka serialized audio book of White Rose History, Volume II, continues. I realized while recording Chapters 2 and 3 that some people may find the material... boring. Those two chapters represent a pause in the telling of their story, to talk about fringe people who contributed mightily to their work. **We hear the words of Alfred von Martin, sociologist and theologian, in their leaflets. (Louis Colombo, CFP®, Martin wrote about Nietzsche and Schopenhauer as well.) **We see their resolute acceptance of the consequences of their actions from the example set by Josef Furtmeier, who walked away from a good-paying job, because he was asked to sign an oath of loyalty to Hitler. Furtmeier's quiet strength inspired them. **We feel Katharina Schüddekopf's fear at being physically disabled in an era when that could mean classification as a useless eater, her anger at Hans Scholl for abuse of Traute Lafrenz and what that meant to their resistance, her wisdom as she first tries to navigate a family divided by politics and decides to come down on the side of justice. Since these people and others are omitted from the usual tellings of White Rose history, I spent a little additional time fleshing them out, laying a strong foundation, before I proceeded with the rest of the story. This post explains what I mean in more detail. This basic principle - getting the foundation right before tackling a project - has applications to just about every aspect of life. Whether business, marriage, home renovations, politics, law - the foundation has to be strong, must be secure. Otherwise, your driveway will crumble as those in Lehi, Utah did in 2007/2008. And your business will fail for lack of foresight. #Planning #Foundations #gettingitright (fb)

This is a new venture for me personally, for Center for White Rose Studies in general. Serialized audio book of our White Rose History, Volume 2. In this very first chapter, you’ll see what happens when historical process is properly applied. I fell off my chair in April 1995 when Fritz Hartnagel told me that Sophie Scholl had asked him to submit a military requisition form for a duplicating machine on her behalf - her first week in Munich. He added that he always thought the leaflets were entirely her idea. This blew established legend out of the water. My Substack is entitled WHY THIS MATTERS because of parallels to our era. People like Mark Jacob fight for integrity of the press. People like Jack Hopkins fight for political integrity, holding politicians accountable for propaganda and lies. People like Heather Cox Richardson shine a bright light on daily events in historical context. We need all of us to fight the good fight now. Otherwise, eighty years from now, some poor historian will be fighting historical revisionism about our era, same as I now fight historical revisionism about German resistance during the Shoah. Yes, this matters! -- Denise Heap Founder and Director, Center for White Rose Studies #Holocausteducation #Historicalrevisionism #WhyThisMatters #Shoah #sophiescholl (fb)