Blood of the Roses Author:Alex Gabbard Based on a true story. The roses are the children of Forchtenberg. Their lives become entangled in the changing politics of Germany from the years of the Republic through the rise of the Nazis and war. The story is told by Rolf Friedrich Hansen who, with his young friends, then separated from them, and finally reunited once again in tragic circ... more »umstances, becomes engulfed in world shaping events. His years of Hitler Youth, then as an infantryman on his way to Stalingrad where he is seriously wounded, reveal Hitler's real goals. When assigned to Munich's Stadelheim prison, Rolf receives those sentenced by the People's Court. This gripping drama of life within Hitler's dictatorship, his war against the world and the German people, war against those who foresaw destruction of their Germany, war against any resistance to his Reich, includes university students tried and sentenced for high treason, among them Rolf's boyhood friends, Hans and Sophie.« less