Paul Dempsey from California
wrote the lyric for this piece
after reading “on line” about the
group called the White Rose in
Germany during WWII. They
were a group of students at the
University of Munich that
mounted a campaign against the
Third Reich by producing leaflets
and distributing them
throughout the campus. Their
efforts were fatal. They were
captured by the Gestapo after
only six leaflets were produced
and their main leaders were
beheaded. The White Rose is
still honored highly in Germany.