{"product_id":"freiheit-the-white-rose-graphic-novel-9780874863444","title":"Freiheit!: The White Rose Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe dramatic true story of a handful of students who resisted the Nazis and paid with their lives, now in a stunning graphic novel. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an entire nation blindly following an evil leader, \u003c\/b\u003e where did a handful of students find the courage to resist? The university students who formed the White Rose, an undercover resistance movement in Nazi Germany, knew that doing so could cost them their lives. But some things are worth dying for. \u003cb\u003eThe White Rose\u003c\/b\u003e printed and distributed leaflets to expose Nazi atrocities and wake up their fellow citizens. The Gestapo caught and executed them. Sophie Scholl was twenty-one; her brother Hans, twenty-four; Christoph Probst, twenty-three; Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf, twenty-five. \u003cb\u003eBut the White Rose was not silenced.\u003c\/b\u003e Their heroism continues to inspire new generations of resisters. Now, for the first time, this story that has been celebrated in print and film can be experienced as a graphic novel. Italian artist Andrea Grosso Ciponte's haunting imagery will resonate with today's students and activists. The challenges they face may vary, but the need for young people to stand up against evil, whatever the cost, will remain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCiponte, Andrea Grosso:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAndrea Grosso Ciponte \u003c\/b\u003eis a Calabrian painter, graphic novelist, filmmaker, and illustrator. He is a professor of computer graphics and digital animation techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catanzaro, Italy. Ciponte was born in Praia a Mare, Italy, in 1977. In 2011 his work was shown at the Venice Biennale. His graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRenegade: Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography, \u003c\/i\u003ewon gold at the Independent Publisher Book Awards and at the Indies Awards.","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50370468380946,"sku":"9780874863444","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc313be3-e516-4703-977b-e087aa11b540.jpg?v=1728532665","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freiheit-the-white-rose-graphic-novel-9780874863444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}