The White Rose Quickwrite

The White Rose: Long Live Freedom written by Jacob G. Hornberger told what I thought to be a really amazing story. When I was reading about how three college students had the bravery to stand up to the ideas of the entire Nazi party, I was blown away. Passing out flyers of protest during this period in history was like committing suicide. However, by doing this, these young people performed some of the most admirable acts to come out of the entire period of history. If others had done what these students did, many lives could have been saved.
The members of the White Rose were not afraid to do what millions of others were too frightened to do. Most of the people just went with the flow and believed "it was the duty of the citizen to support the troops by supporting the government". They protested against the cruel and merciless government of the time and did not falter in their beliefs. As she was walking towards the guillotine a witness accounted that she approached it "without turning a hair, without flinching". Not many people could do that. Because they did not relinquish their stance on the issues of the times, they made an even bigger statement. Their word spread to a lot of people in a short time just by a few flyers. Imagine the reach that a large group of people could have grown to be. There were not enough people like these kids in the world at that time.
Which brings us to present time. If an atrocity like this were to happen today, would there be a lot of people to stand up and fight it? I really don't think that there would be. People these days do not like to put themselves out there if it goes against the flow. We tend to like to keep to ourselves, and this is a problem. Who is going to fight for the helpless and defend the weak? I hope that we never find ourselves in a situation like this to find out.