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George Wittenstein was born in Germany. To complete his medical studies and become a professor of cardiovascular surgery, he narrowly escaped Germany with his life to travel to the United States. Wittenstein escaped from the Gestapo by volunteering to serve on the front line (the only place where German officials don’t have any control over him). He was assigned to the Italian front to serve as a physician. There he collected the weapons of wounded soldiers putting them into a secret storage place maintained by Freedom Action Bavaria. As a university student in Germany during World War II, Wittenstein was a member of two resistance groups that actively opposed Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. They were called “The White Rose” and [as mentioned before] “Freedom Action Bavaria.” The most commonly known group was The White Rose.
 * George Wittenstein **
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 * By: Chris Kelly **

The White Rose was a resistance group, mostly of medical students from the University of Hamburg, who dared to speak out against the Nazi regime during the war. Members of the White Rose did not use weapons. Instead, they wrote, printed, and disseminated six leaflets that denounced the National Socialist regime's criminal activities and goals. The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo and they were executed by beheading in 1943. Today, they are all honored in Germany as amongst its greatest heroes.

__ BIBLIOGRAPHY __ : "George J. Wittenstein Lecture Series at UCSB Honors Civic Courage ." __University__ __of California,__ __Santa Barbara__. 10 Oct. 2007. 4 May 2009 .

"White Rose." __Wikipedia__. 1 May 2009. 7 May 2009 .