When first we heard of the bold attempts of the
scholls and their friends, first as half rumer
and then in fact, to witness to the conscience
of conciencious youth, there we knew that this
proclamation of the German soul will further
resound through history. Death cannot silence
it nor force it out. The leaflets, which fluttered
on schreds of paper through Munich university
remained.

Thus this courageous dying of youth, who set the
purity of their conviction and courage against the
regime tells the truth that in extinquishing their
lives became a victory. So their appearance in the
midst of the German Tragedy must be understood not
as a force failing to turn, but as a guarding light
in the darkest hour. Therefore thanks and reverence
belong to their memory.