Franz Jägerstätter and Sophie Scholl


Edward Curtin’s soul wrenching and evocative “Painting A True Christ: A Review of Terrence Malik’s Film “A Hidden Life,” tells the powerful story of Franz Jägerstätter and his defiance of the German National Socialist regime under Hitler. It immediately brings to mind the searing story of Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and their best friend Christoph Probst as told in Sophie Scholl, The Final Days, the movie featured above.

Watch this true story based on the courage of one single girl who had the faith and fortitude to STAND AGAINST the Nazi Reich while in Munich. Then read “The White Rose: A Lesson in Dissent,” the acclaimed Jacob G. Hornberger article on this heroic trio of martyrs.

Curtin, in his review, believes this dilemma of conscience has indeed come to America. Will we each now have to face the same brutal system Franz and Sophie did? If that does happen, what will we do when the time comes to speak for what is right? Each one of us must examine if we have the strength to practice what we preach. Sophie’s faith in the Biblical Jesus gave her courage and the will to defy the powers of darkness even to the end. What will fortify, inspire and empower us to defy and speak truth to power at the cost of our lives and integrity?

Both Franz Jägerstätter and Sophie Scholl were executed by beheading for their “crimes” against the Nazi terror state.

What happens when freedom and adhering to one’s most inner-most conscience becomes a crime?

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8:46 am on February 17, 2020