A ROSE IN WINTER tells the moving and motivating life story of nun Edith Stein. Born a Jew, she demonstrated uncompromising courage as an outspoken proponent of justice in the women’s movement at the beginning of National Socialism in Germany. Her actions as a Carmelite challenged the Holy See to oppose the Holocaust. A path that would lead to her martyrdom in Auschwitz.
I must admit, I had never heard of Edith Stein before I went to see the screening…