The White Rose Project is delighted to be partnering once again with the Oxford German Network for Round 2 of the Oxford German Olympiad! The White Rose (‘Die Weiße Rose’) was a group of students and a professor in Munich that wrote and distributed leaflets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. TASK: Write a letter …
White Rose Project 2023-2024
White Rose Project, 2023-2024 80 years ago, in 1943, five students and a professor stood up to Nazism and paid with their lives. They were members of The White Rose (‘Die Weiße Rose’), a group that wrote and circulated pamphlets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. Student members of this year’s White Rose Project will …
Creative Translations 2023
This year our undergraduate project members again worked on producing creative translations inspired by the White Rose pamphlets and the history of the White Rose. You can see some of their incredible and thought-provoking works below. We’ll be updating this page over the next couple of months as the finishing touches are put to all …
White Rose in Real Time 2023
The White Rose Project will again follow the events as they happened in real time through posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first White Rose trials and executions. It is an important moment to remember this resistance group and reflect on their legacy. You can find the posts under the hashtag #whiteroserealtime. We will …
Print Workshop at the Bodleian
On Friday 3 February 2023, student and academic members of the White Rose Project joined Dr Alexandra Franklin at the Bodleian Library’s Bibliographical Press. The students selected phrases from the White Rose leaflets – in German and English – and experimented with printing them using some of the historical hand-presses. Slogans included: ‘Ein Verbrechen kann …
Oxford German Olympiad 2023
The White Rose Project is delighted to be partnering once again with the Oxford German Network for Round 2 of the Oxford German Olympiad! The White Rose (‘Die Weiße Rose’) was a group of students and a professor in Munich that wrote and distributed leaflets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. 2023 marks the 80th …
Creative Translations – ‘Wortwahl’ by Anna Cooper
This year, 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 courage and conviction of students who, eighty …
Call for Student Translators!
White Rose Translation Project, 2022-2023 In 1943 five students and a professor at Munich University were executed. They were members of The White Rose (‘Die Weiße Rose’), a group that wrote and circulated pamphlets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. To mark the 80th anniversary of the final pamphlets, and the trials and executions of the …
Creative Translations – ‘Lichthof’ by Lydia Ludlow
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 …
White Rose Project Members at Chalke Valley History Festival
On Wednesday 22 June 2022, members of the White Rose Project were invited to speak at the Chalke Valley History Festival – the UK’s biggest festival devoted to history! Dr Alex Lloyd chose to begin the story not in Munich, but in nearby Salisbury where her grandmother – born in the same year as White …