Sophie Scholl
German resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose (1921-1943) · Germany · Died at 21
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Something wrong?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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Gestapo photo of Sophie Scholl taken after her capture on February 18, 1943-2
1940 Letter from Sophie Scholl to a Friend - White Rose Memorial Room - Interior of Main Building of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat - Munich - Germany_against_Hans_Fritz_Scholl_Sophia_Magalena_Scholl_and_Christoph_Herman_Probst.jpg?width=1200)
1943 German High Court decree ( death sentence ) against Hans Fritz Scholl Sophia Magalena Scholl and Christoph Herman Probst.jpg?width=1200)
Anklageschrift gegen Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl und Christoph Probst (Signum crop).JPG?width=1200)
BB Kindergarten (Tafel S. Scholl)
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Blouse Sewn by Sophie Scholl - White Rose Memorial Room - Interior of Main Building of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat - Munich - Germany - 01 (8083576205)In their own words 8
, 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.
I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation.
The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate.
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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 them before Roland Freisler in a show trial. Both were convicted of high treason and executed by guillotine on 22 February 1943. The Allies later air-dropped copies of the White Rose's final leaflet over Germany.
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