The Sign of the Flame – Stalingrad, the White Rose and a Foredoomed Love
The power of love in a time of war and resistance
Hauke Friederichs paints a gripping and vivid picture of this turning point in the Second World War, as National Socialist rule reaches its apex and begins to collapse. At the book’s centre is the story of a friendship in turbulent times. By pure chance, the wounded Captain Fritz Hartnagel was flown out of the hellscape of Stalingrad on one of the last planes. Meanwhile, as the White Rose resistance group’s despair over the Holocaust and the war grew, the student Sophie Scholl was spotted in Munich distributing their pamphlets. This is the dramatic tale of a love that never stood a chance.
- The White Rose and Stalingrad, intimately intertwined
- Two factors of German cultural memory are considered side-by-side for the first time
- 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad and the execution of Sophie Scholl
Hauke Friederichs is a journalist, historian and best-selling author, writing for ZEIT, SPIEGEL History and P. M. History, among others. He writes passionately about contemporary history for a broad audience. His best-seller 'Funkenflug' (‘Flying Sparks’) was loved by readers and critics alike.
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