Her last words were, “how can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
75 Years Ago, Today
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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems. View all posts by ivor20
Ivor.Plumber/Poet 
It Only takes
One to set the world on fire
Ablaze in flames
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I didn’t know about her. A timely reminder, Ivor.
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Thank you Ivor, I did not know about her either.
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My darling little opera singing niece put me onto her. April is quite the feminist activist
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To be that brave and dignified. And worthy.
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Yes, I felt it to be a stirring article, and seemed to fit in with our worlds present political climates, … when will we ever learn…
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The sad part is Ivor, that many of us do get it. And don’t want anything like that repeated, ever. But there are always ‘those’ who do not think like the majority, but who have a horrible impact on us all.
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I’ll keep writing and posting my words, we must keep sharing knowledge and love
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If it’s where we find our passion to try and ‘help’ then we need to keep doing it.
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Thank you for this Ivor. I’d not heard of her either.
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Oh my, what strength and clarity. How very sad and inspiring. Thank you Ivor for sharing this.
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Awaken and stirred to action
A martini dry but stirred
Vodka now that was my drink
But not anymore just rumors
Of the indelible kind
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Too early for me to partake of a martini, but I shall have a beer later on, and give a toast to the glorious soul of Sophie Scholl
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Too early for me Amos
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What a brave, brave woman! I’ve not heard of her before. I read a lot of WWII stuff. Have to look her up!
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I found out through my lovely niece, she’s an opera singer.
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So young and so brave! I am amazed at her courage and wisdom. She is inspiring. Thank you for sharing this, Ivor.
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Always my pleasure.
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I have read of many courageous men and women from that era but this one is new to me. Many thanks to your lovely niece for highlighting her. i am in awe of these brave and strong women. so lovely of you to share this Ivor.
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Thank you Gina, yes a story I thought well worth posting …
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Courage and wisdom personified.
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War does strange things to us, doesn’t it. It makes monsters of some. And heroes of others. Even after all this time has passed we continue to hear more new stories about those who literally took their lives in their hands to fight for justice, to save lives, to stop the atrocities. God bless each and every one of them.
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Yes, just amazing, and now I’m going to have to watch the movie they made about her.
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My goodness, what courage. I didn’t know about her, thanks for sharing!
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There is a movie of her story, google Sophie Scholl and you find it.
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Brilliant post. Thank you so much for drawing eyes to the amazing story of Sophie Scholl. Many years ago, I was lucky enough to meet one of the last surviving members of the White Rose movement and I’ll never forget it. Incredibly brave people. xxx
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Yes, her story is amazing, and wow, to meet some of the White Rose movement must’ve been both thrilling and humbling.
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