Today, the Untold Story of Central Minnesota honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, January 27, with the first half of a two-part interview by Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack with incoming lecturer, Professor Jud Newborn.  St. Cloud State University’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education will host Newborn in Ritsche Auditorium on Wednesday, January 24 at 7:00pm for his presentation titled “Speaking Truth to Power: The White Rose Student Anti-Nazi Resistance–and Heroes in the Fight for Human Rights Today.”

For the longest time, the White Rose movement was a ghost, lost within the history of World War II, but the lessons learned from this non-violent, University of Munich student resistance group resonate today within all those who stand up for freedom and a kinder humanity despite the risk to themselves.

Jud Newborn’s book, “Sophie Scholl and the White Rose” has also just been rereleased as a 75th Anniversary Edition in honor of the execution by guillotine of the members of the White Rose in 1943.

Newborn will also speak at the University of Minnesota on Thursday, January 25, at 7:00pm at the St. Paul Student Center Theater.

This program is funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Legacy Grant.

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