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1: “Is it not true that every honest German today is ashamed of his government? Therefore, every individual must be aware of his responsibility as a member of western culture and put up as fierce a fight as possible. He must work against the scourge of humanity, against fascism and all similar systems of an absolute State. Offer passive resistance – resistance, wherever you may be, prevent the continuation of this atheistic war machine before it is too late, before the last of our cities lie in ruins like Cologne, and before the last of the youth of our people have been bled to death by the hubris of a subhuman. Do not forget that every nation deserves the government that it endures.”

2: exposed the Nazi atrocities in the occupied territories

3: about the Nazi “dictatorship of evil” and emphasized passive resistance

4: targeted Hitler directly; called him a liar and blasphemer

5: said Hitler couldn't win the war, he was only prolonging it

6: blamed Hitler for the bloodbath at Stalingrad

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For Sophie (This Beautiful Day) by Reg Meuross - a song commissioned in remembrance of Sophie Scholl by Reg Meuross

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LYRIC For Sophie (This Beautiful Day) You walk the university your suitcase in your hand High upon the landing by your brother's side you stand The voices of the innocents echo round the hall The flowering truth on paper Sophie makes the petals fall The greatest act of duty to

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White Rose Memorial in Munich

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White Rose Memorial in Munich

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Sophie and her brother Hans were symbols of resistance. They were willing to die for their cause, because they were dying for what they thought was right.
Women's History:
Sophie led a resistance in a country where women were supposed to just be babymakers and be lesser than men.

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The White Rose members were opposing Hitler, and the punishment for opposing Hitler was death.
On February 22, 1943, 3 members of The White Rose were executed via guillotine (including Sophie and her brother Hans).

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Sophie holding a white rose

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“What we have said and what we have written is what so many people believe, only they don’t dare to speak up.”
“I would do it all over again–because I’m not wrong. You have the wrong worldview.” -Sophie Scholl to chief interrogator

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1933: Hitler came to power in Germany
1939: WWII starts
1940: Sophie graduates secondary school
March 1941: working 6 months in a labor camp; 6 months on farms, 6 months in a kindergarten
Summer 1942: White Rose distributes first 4 leaflets
Feb 18, 1943: Hans and Sophie Scholl caught distributing leaflets
Feb 22, 1943: trial
Feb 22, 1943: executed by guillotine

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Gestapo photographs of Sophie Scholl, February 1943

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Sophie Scholl was originally a member of the League of German Girls, which was the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth (actually the same thing, but it was just all girls). She was really into this because she used it as an outlet for her love of nature (she was really interested in nature and the arts). When her Jewish friends weren't allowed to join the League of German Girls, Sophie left because she was uncomfortable and unhappy with the Nazi ideals.
She attended the same university as her brother and his friends. While there, they formed The White Rose, an anti-nazi/anti-war protest group. They published leaflets/pamphlets that spoke out against Hitler and the Nazis, along with World War II.