An analysis of the 1943 student revolt at Munich University and the subsequent results

The selection of a topic for a paper of this sort requires the satisfaction of at least three conditions. First, such a study should be a thorough and objective account of a limited phenomenon of international significance. If possible, the events reported should be of contemporary importance; the importance of the study is enhanced if no similar account has been attempted previously. Second, the study should include an impartial evaluation of the forces and motives which caused the events narrated, as well as their results. Necessarily, such an evaluation should be based on primary sources. Third, the subject should be one in which the writer has sufficient interest to guarantee comprehensive investigation, thoughtful analysis and valid conclusions. The anti-Nazi activities of the White Rose Group at Munich University in 1943 and the subsequent arrests, imprisonments, trials and executions fully justify the selection of this topic.