Read on Twitter
21-year-old Sophie terrified the Nazis.
78 years ago, on February 18th 1943, a 21-year-old University student named Sophie Scholl was arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. Sophie was convicted of high treason for her role in leading a non-violent resistance, the White Rose.
78 years ago, on February 18th 1943, a 21-year-old University student named Sophie Scholl was arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. Sophie was convicted of high treason for her role in leading a non-violent resistance, the White Rose.
"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."
-Sophie Scholl at her trial for treason against the Nazi regime in 1943.
She was executed four days later on 22 February 1943.
-Sophie Scholl at her trial for treason against the Nazi regime in 1943.
She was executed four days later on 22 February 1943.
“We have to show the world that not all of us are like them. Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany in history.”
- Henning von Tresckow.
- Henning von Tresckow.
