Sacred Sunday

5 Flames

Good Evening My Fellow Book Dragons, I hope you have enjoyed a restful weekend. Our gem this evening came to me in the form of an alabaster rose. I brought it to my nose and instead of a sweet smell, this rose had the stinking odor of corruption spilling from it. In the center of the rose was a very, very small swastika, almost imperceptible. I used my claw to remove it and the odor began to change and the rose glowed with the purest white my old eyes had ever seen. This is Dragon Feeder J. Walter Ring’s “From The White Rose to Ravensbruck”. A tale of bravery, cowardice and sacrifice.

This is the story of Beth Ramka, a Munich Medical Student who begins her journey apolitically. She doesn’t care what a bunch of Nazi blowhards are saying, she just wants to get through Medical School and begin her life. But through a school friendship all that changes when her friend takes her to a meeting of the White Rose Society.

The White Rose Society, for those of you unfamiliar with this part of WWII history, was founded by Munich University students who desperately wanted Hitler out of power as they had begun to discover his atrocities. They were never violent, they wrote tracts, spray painted graffiti and wrote letters. Yet, even these activities were enough to be sentenced to death or a concentration camp during that time.

I devoured this book in two days. Mr. Ring created a most clever and interesting story of The White Rose Society through his main character, Beth Ramka. Beth as well as several other characters, is a fictional character, but she interacts with all the non-fictional figures. In doing this he has created an interesting, gut wrenching, rollercoaster ride through a part of human history that must be told, that must be kept alive, always, lest we forget.

I would encourage each and every one of you to get this book. Give it to your teens who read, to those who’ve read The Diary of Anne Frank, to history buffs and those who love a great story. I personally am contacting my local highschools to speak with the English and History Teachers to possibly get it on their reading lists.

This book is sold on Amazon and other online book sellers.

Join me this coming Friday when we will be examining a new tale. Until then, I remain, your humble Book Dragon,

Drakon T. Longwitten

I thank Mr. Ring for my review copy of his book. My opinions are my own.