My Heart Is Made Of Sound

Music, you know-- true music--not just rock 'n' roll-- it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone, listening to your headphones--you know, with the vast, scenic bridges and angelic choirs in your brain. It's a place apart...from the vast, benign... lap of America.

-Almost Famous
June 20
greatestgeneration: fyeah-history: Members of the White Rose, Munich 1942. From left: Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie Scholl, and Christoph ProbstThe White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign, lasting from June 1942 until February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler’s regime. “Many, maybe even most, of you reading this leaflet are not sure how to resist. You don’t see any opportunities. We’d like to show you that anyone is in a position to help bring this system down. What is needed is the coordinated vigorous activity of many dedicated people…” See our posts on German Resistance.

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fyeah-history:

Members of the White Rose, Munich 1942. From left: Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst
The White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The group became known for an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign, lasting from June 1942 until February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler’s regime.

“Many, maybe even most, of you reading this leaflet are not sure how to resist. You don’t see any opportunities. We’d like to show you that anyone is in a position to help bring this system down. What is needed is the coordinated vigorous activity of many dedicated people…”

See our posts on German Resistance.