inspiration borrowed from the group of german students who attempted to foment rebellion against the nazi establishment of 1942 germany thru the expression of competing ideas in a series of pamphlets... they paid with their lives, decapitated after a show trial... their actions were significant as gesture... the truth told by their words stand huge in the context of subsequent events and history... their disagreement with the regime they had grown up with resonates with the need to question the society which current generations are educated by former president reagan paid homage to them after his gaff of honoring the graves of ss stormtroopers...
die weisse rose netzwerk was founded in 1986 in kalamazoo, michigan, u.s.a., representing an independent collective of artists in a series of production, promotion and distribution projects. opera omnia now include a discography of well over 1oo audio tape, cdr, dvd-r and online releases, an extensive videography and archives including the volunteer (a zine which printed 13 issues from 1986-1988). d.w.r.n. has promoted and distributed materials internationally. currently based in southfield, michigan, u.s.a... morphing into den vit ros natverk 1997, transfiguring into la red de la rosa blanca 1998, continuing to burn the candle as illus albus rosa reticulum 1999 translating into la blankroza reto 2000, rezo blan roz-la 2oo1, bai mei guei wang 2oo2, shabkatu 'l-ward al-abyad 2oo3, set: belaya roza 2oo4, wap'iskka'w i'i'swi ayasowewiyiniwe 2oo5, arrosa zuria sarea 2oo6, set hwit rose nett 2oo7...