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How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith

  • Written by Peter Nguyen, SJ, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faithA copy of the sentences against, left to right, Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst is displayed at the White Rose Memorial in Munich.Johannes Simon/Getty Images

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