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The White Rose and their American connections
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This chapter is a contribution to a larger OER text for community college students. The White Rose was a Nazi resistance group operating in and around Munich in 1942-1943. Although far away in time and space, the author discusses the groups connections to the United States, then and now.To view the entire book this chapter is from use the link below
Introverts as silent leaders: Indefensible or indomitable?
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This article examines the power of silence and the leadership potential of introverts. It highlights the author's experience at a group relations conference using the Tavistok method. Her research demonstrates the effectiveness of introverted individuals and the strategic contributions they can make using silence as a tool. Their indominable leadership shows itself in many ways
<a href="https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entries/mathilde-franziska-anneke-neacutee-giesler/" target="_blank" title="Mathilde Franziska Anneke (née Giesler)" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mathilde Franziska Anneke (née Giesler)</a>
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke was an entrepreneur, lecturer, educator, journalist, writer, and a newspaper editor. She was well educated and a free and independent thinker, interested in political and social reform on behalf of women in both the German lands and the United States.To access this material, please use the URL below
<a href="http://whiteroseproject.seh.ox.ac.uk/index.php/willi-graf-of-the-white-rose-words-will-and-a-way-to-resist/" target="_blank" title="Willi Graf of the White Rose: Words, will, and a way to resist" rel="noreferrer noopener">Willi Graf of the White Rose: Words, will, and a way to resist</a>
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This blog post was written for the White Rose Project at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. They originally planned to host a symposium in March of 2020 but when the global pandemic started, the symposium was cancelled. This posting is an excerpt from the author's original presentation. The White Rose was a student resistance group in Nazi Germany. Willi Graf was a core member. This excerpt highlights his motivations.To access this material, please use the URL below
Klaus Mann: German-American Veteran in the Pursuit of a Pan-European Peace
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Klaus Mann was the son of German Noble Laureate Thomas Mann. In this chapter, the author discusses the challenges of Klaus Mann who sought a Pan-European Peace in the early 20th century. She concludes that he deserves more credit than he has been given in the long shadow of his father, a literary giant. Klaus fought the Nazis "with pen and sword." He left Nazi Germany and enlisted in the US Army. He was gay, German, and of Jewish heritage. Yet, he risked his life on more than one occasion to fight fascism and his former countrymen. Although he always felt like an outsider, he made a difference. His writings continue to inspire
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This chapter is part of an OER text published by Penn State. The author was invited to participate given her published research on Nazi resisters. Falk Harnack was the brother-in-law of Dr. Mildred Fish-Harnack. Dr. Fish-Harnack was the only American woman executed on Adolf Hiter's direct orders for her resistance efforts in Nazi Germany. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and her husband were leaders in the resistance group called the Red Orchestra. Falk Harnack was a witness to the resistance in both Berlin and Munich. This is his story.To access this material, please use the URL below
Willi Graf: “Seid Hörer und Vollbringer des Wortes Gottes!”
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This article was published in the German-language Catholic publication Der Fels (The Rock or Bedrock). Willi Graf was a conscientious Catholic who could never reconcile his faith with the Nazis. He paid the price with his life and was executed for high treason at age 25. One of his favorite bible verses was the Letter of James 1:22 - "Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves." Graf spent his young life trying to live his faith in word and deed. This article summarizes how he did that
Angel at war
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The General chuckled and kindly replied, "Commander, the gender of your baby is irrelevant. The evils you mentioned earlier are venomous to both. Your son or daughter could attend the Naval Academy, join the Coast Guard, or fly combat aircraft for a living. Mary wants this child more than anything in this world, and she should have the honor of telling you what you want to know. A killjoy, I'm not!"
"But, wait!" the Commander implored.
"Good-bye," said the General. "I have to get ready for the next millennium, but I'll always be with you. Don't give up the ship!
<a href="https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entries/german-social-entrepreneurs-and-the-first-kindergartens-in-nineteenth-century-america/" target="_blank" title="German social entrepreneurs and the first kindergartens in nineteenth century America" rel="noreferrer noopener">German social entrepreneurs and the first kindergartens in nineteenth century America</a>
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Two German women, Caroline Louisa Frankenberg and Margarethe Meyer Schurz, are credited with bringing the kindergarten movement to the nineteenth-century United States by opening kindergartens that served children of German immigrants. They conducted classes in the German language and were social entrepreneurs in that they made an innovative, long-term, social impact on the American educational system. Their primary interest was not personal financial gain, but rather the humanistic, social, and educational development of children. As word spread of their efforts, Anglo-American educators took note and grew the movement, establishing English-language kindergartens and kindergarten training schools for teachers. The creation of kindergartens fundamentally changed how Americans thought about the ideal environment for beginning a child’s education.To access this material, please use the URL below
Willi Graf of the White Rose: The role of <em>Bildung</em> in his decision to resist national socialism
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Willi Graf was a twenty-five year old medical student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich who was executed by the National Socialists (Nazis) on October 12, 1943, for high treason. In the summer of 1942, Graf became a member of the White Rose, a group of students who produced six leaflets and distributed thousands of copies calling for resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. Although the history of the White Rose has been portrayed in numerous books and is well known in Germany, the more charismatic members of the circle have often overshadowed Graf’s story and his contributions to their resistance efforts. Graf, in contrast, was quiet, pensive, and unassuming. He was the only member of the White Rose to oppose Nazi ideology from the start of the regime. He led a full life and spent his limited free time reading, writing, reflecting, and attending cultural events. He read works by authors from different countries, centuries, and literary movements and genres. He studied German, French, Russian, Greek, and Latin. Writers and thinkers shaped his mindset and impacted his self-development or Bildung. The demands of the Third Reich and war infringed upon his convictions, personal relationships, membership in Catholic youth groups, and ability to reach his full potential, prompting him to seek guidance from authors who shared his humanitarian concerns or Christian faith, such as Ernst Wiechert, Reinhold Schneider, Romano Guardini, Josef Pieper, Johannes Maaßen, and Werner Bergengruen. The purpose of my dissertation is to research the development of Graf’s moral courage by examining his self-edification as documented in his diaries and personal correspondence. I examine the influence of these writers and texts, as well as others, and explore the role of Bildung in his decision to actively resist National Socialism. Bildung prompted him to search for existential meaning and others who shared his humanistic ideals, to question authority and to think for himself, to lead a purposeful life, and to find a way to remain true to his beliefs
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