A research and engagement initiative at the University of Oxford (UK) exploring the story of the anti-Nazi resistance circle 'The White Rose'
From the 15th to 27th February 2021 the White Rose Project followed the events as they happened in real time through daily posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. 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 coincided. Imagine going about your normal routine on …
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sophie Scholl’s birth on 9 May 1921. Sophie was a central member of the White Rose resistance circle. She had been active in the Hitler Youth as a teenager, but she came to reject Nazism as she understood more about its ideology and saw how it marginalized …
We are thrilled to announce that the White Rose Project has received a Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund Award from the University of Oxford. Dr Alex Loyd will be working with the award-winning vocal ensemble SANSARA choir and its Artistic Director, Tom Herring, to develop and produce a new podcast series: ‘Resistance – The …
To mark the 78th anniversary of the first White Rose trial on 22 February 1943, there will be a live reading of the White Rose circle’s resistance pamphlets in English by students, former students, and academics at the University of Oxford.