{"id":2527,"date":"2021-05-06T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whiteroseproject.seh.ox.ac.uk\/?page_id=2527"},"modified":"2021-05-06T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:00:16","slug":"the-white-rose-in-brazil-translation-culture-and-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whiteroseproject.seh.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/the-white-rose-in-brazil-translation-culture-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Rose in Brazil: Translation, Culture and History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prof. Tinka Reichmann, University of Leipzig (Germany) and\u00a0Prof. Juliana P. Perez, University of S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil) describe a translation project by students of University of S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil) of Inge Scholl\u2019s book\u00a0Die Wei\u00dfe Rose, published in 2013, and deriving cultural and academic activities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1943, five university students and a philosophy professor were issued with the death penalty by the \u201cPeople\u2019s Court\u201d because of their resistance activities against the Nazis. This core group, their friends and supporters became known as the White Rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

70 years later, the history of the White Rose and their activities was finally disseminated in Brazil with the first Portuguese translation of the book Die Wei\u00dfe Rose<\/em> by Inge Scholl (1953\/1995). The publication is the result of a didactic and academic project conducted by two professors in the German Studies\u2019 Department of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) in Brazil with the participation of eight students (Anna Carolina Sch\u00e4fer, Eline de Assis Alves, Eraldo Souza dos Santos, Flora Azevedo Bonatto, Janaina Lopes Salgado, Luana de Julio de Camargo, Renata Benatti and Yasmin Cobaiachi Utida).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several cultural, educational and academic activities have derived from this translators\u2019 group since then. The first step was the creation of a study group on the White Rose and on Translation Studies. The Portuguese translation of Victor Klemperer\u2019s LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii<\/em> and the movie Die Wei\u00dfe Rose<\/em> (1982) by Michael Verhoeven were important inputs for students\u2019 interest and motivation not only on the history of the White Rose, but also on the language used by the Nazis as an effective manipulation tool. Dictionaries such as Vokabular des <\/em>Nationalsozialismus<\/em> (2007) by Cornelia Schmitz-Berning were very helpful to better understand the texts in Inge Scholl\u2019s book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final design of the front cover. <\/span>
Credit: Editora34.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Every student wrote an academic term paper on a specific topic related to the text they chose to translate, such as the translation of cultural markers (of German culture in general and of the Nazi organisation in particular) and of legal terms (related to the court verdict), the role of creativity in the translation process, identification and handling of biblical and philosophical references in translation etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the highlights was a visit of several students in Munich to the Institut f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte<\/em>, which keeps the whole documentation on Inge Scholl\u2019s book, as well as to the White Rose Foundation, were they had access to a lot of material on the White Rose and also the possibility to interview M. Franz M\u00fcller, a supporter of the White Rose. He had not been condemned to death at that time because he was only 16 years old, but to a long prison sentence. What can be more fascinating than talking to somebody who had known some of the group members and experienced that time of history?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book was then edited by the publishing house \u201cEditora 34\u201d in 2013 with translation funding by the Goethe-Institut of S\u00e3o Paulo. It is now available in the second edition<\/a>, published in 2014. The White Rose group was very little known by the Brazilian public up to 2013 because of the lack of translations into Portuguese. The translation was crucial for the reception of the history about the White Rose. That is why were invited to the Book Fairs in Rio de Janeiro and in Fortaleza and to different cultural institutions to present the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Master\u2019s theses were written by Anna Carolina Sch\u00e4fer<\/a> (2015), Yasmin Cobaiachi Utida<\/a> (2016)   and Janaina Lopes Salgado<\/a> (2017) (follow the links for abstracts in English). Anna Carolina Sch\u00e4fer and Eraldo Souza dos Santos are writing their doctoral theses. short descriptions<\/a> are available in German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary Die Widerst\u00e4ndigen: Zeugen der Wei\u00dfen Rose<\/em> (2008) by Katrin Seybold subtitled by Yasmin Utida was shown at several cultural and academic events and continues to fascinate and touch the public. As many former students are now working as German teachers, they conducted several didactic activities in schools with students between 14-18. A very impressive theatre performance<\/a> by Leslie Marko\u2019s group was shown at the Goethe-Institut in S\u00e3o Paulo. The exhibition panels offered by the White Rose Foundation were also translated by the group and are lent out by the Goethe-Institut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most publications of the group are written in Portuguese, with the exception of: Anna Carolina Sch\u00e4fer and Tinka Reichmann (2016), \u201cDie \u00dcbertragung von Inge Scholls Die Wei\u00dfe Rose<\/em> ins brasilianische Portugiesisch: zum didaktischen Potenzial eines \u00dcbersetzungsprojekts\u201d. In: Doerte Andres; Julia Richter; Larisa Schippel (Hg.), Translation und ‘Drittes Reich’: Menschen – Entscheidungen – Folgen<\/em>. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 323-336.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Presentation of the documentary film \u201cDie Widerst\u00e4ndigen\u201d with subtitles by Yasmin Cobaiachi Utida. Credit Rodrigo Souza.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Workshop with students of a Brazilian school. Credit: Anna Carolina Sch\u00e4fer.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scene from the theatre performance based on the book \u201cA Rosa Branca\u201d and directed by Leslie Marko. Credit: Pedro Marinho.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Preparations for the performance. Credit: Janaina Lopes Salgado.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Group of student translators and both project coordinators Juliana P. Perez and Tinka Reichmann. Credit: Rodrigo Souza.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Translation workshop with students from Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Juliana Pasquarelli Perez.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Presentation of the documentary film \u201cDie Widerst\u00e4ndigen\u201d with subtitles by Yasmin Cobaiachi Utida. Credit: Rodrigo Souza.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Interview with M. Franz M\u00fcller at the White Rose Foundation. Credit: Tinka Reichmann.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Poster exhibition at the library of Universidade Federal Fluminense, state of Rio de Janeiro. Posters from the White Rose Foundation were translated by us and also published in an exhibition catalogue. Credit: Flora Bonatto.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n