

Oxford Playscripts: The White Rose And The Swastika
Adrian Flynn
THE STORY: In 1942 a group of students of the University of Munich chose to actively protest the atrocities of the Nazi regime and to advocate that Germany lose the war as the only way to overthrow Hitler's regime.
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"In Nazi Germany, a group of students secretly try to undermine the tide of hatred by disseminating leaflets calling for the people to revolt and bring back the glories of the real Germany. When caught, each extols the virtue of life, but won't back down from certain death. “Out of this true story, Lillian Groag…has fashioned…a play that speculates on their case earnestly, intelligently, intellectually…"
— Newsday (NY)
The White Rose is a American play written by Lillian Groag and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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