On Monday 22 February 2021, a group of Oxford students, alumni, and academics participated in a live reading of the White Rose’s resistance pamphlets, translated from German into English by students at Oxford’s Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. This event was supported by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and the University of Oxford’s Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund. The live reading is available on TORCH’s YouTube channel. For more information, please visit TORCH's website.
This is part of a two-week social media project in which the White Rose Project has been telling the story of the White Rose resistance (Die Weiße Rose) in real time (15-27 February). This year marks the 78th anniversary of the first White Rose trials. It’s also a year when the dates and days of the week coincide. Imagine going about your normal routine on Monday, being arrested on Thursday, being interrogated over the weekend, and going to trial the following Monday morning.