A research and engagement initiative at the University of Oxford (UK) exploring the story of the anti-Nazi resistance circle 'The White Rose'
This year, instead of translating between German and English, the White Rose Translation Project explored ‘creative translation’, adapting the White Rose resistance pamphlets into new works, including poetry, prose, drama, and artwork. The Oxford students’ translations are imaginative responses to, and interpretations of, real events and people as encountered in interviews and primary sources. They explore the …
We are delighted to be able to feature the work of this year’s White Rose Project student translators in a display on the High Street in Oxford. In the first three years of the Project, students worked on translations of resistance writings by the White Rose, including their resistance pamphlets, and excerpts from their private …