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Sophie Scholl

German resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose (1921-1943)

  • Fame59.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Activists rank#16
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame59.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Activists rank#16
  • Wikipedia45.8K
Lived 1921–1943, aged 22Germany
Germany flagGermanyActivistsActivist
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  • Era
    1921–1943
    Aged 22
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Robert Scholl
FatherRobert Scholl
MS
MotherMagdalena Scholl
Inge Scholl
SiblingInge Scholl
Werner Scholl
SiblingWerner Scholl
Hans Scholl
SiblingHans Scholl
EH
SiblingElisabeth Hartnagel
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

A German student who stood in a university atrium in 1943 and scattered anti-Nazi leaflets into the void, knowing the Gestapo was already closing in. Four days later she was dead.

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Activist
Category
Activists
Country
Germany
Category rank
#16
Last updated
2026-06-21
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Sophia Magdalena Scholl was born 9 May 1921 and raised in a politically engaged family. She joined the Bund Deutscher Mädel in her youth but grew critical of the regime through readings in philosophy and theology, particularly the work of Theodor Haecker. Alongside her brother Hans and other students, she joined the White Rose, a passive resistance circle that distributed leaflets citing ethical arguments against Nazi policy. On 18 February 1943, she and Hans were caught distributing pamphlets at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The Gestapo arrested them, interrogated them, and brought…

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Sophie Scholl
said · 21 Feb 1943
Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.
— Statement to the Volksgerichtshof [People's Court] of Judge Roland Freisler (21 February 1943).
Sophie Scholl
said · undated
I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation.
— Response to the closing question of whether she hadn't "indeed come to the conclusion that your conduct and the actions along with your
Sophie Scholl
said · undated
The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate.
— Letter to her boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel, as translated in At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl
said · undated
I'm still so remote from God that I don't even sense his presence when I pray. Sometimes when I utter God's name, in fact, I feel like sinking into a void.
— As quoted in At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl (1987) edited by Inge Jens, translated by J.
Sophie Scholl
said · undated
Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.
— As quoted in Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (1998) by Johann Christoph Arnold, p. 155
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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Germany
Category
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Profile type
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Status
deceased
Born
May 9, 1921
Died
February 22, 1943
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Last updated
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