On Feb 22 1943 Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans, 21 and 22, were beheaded by the Nazis for their part in the White Rose, a small circle of young people in Munich who tried to provoke a moral awakening by distributing leaflets denouncing the evils of the Nazi regime.
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By proclaiming the truth they hoped they might help break the Nazi spell and inspire others, who were experiencing doubts, to take up active resistance. They knew the day would come when their fellow Germans would face a moral reckoning and ask, “My God, what have we done?”
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"Isn't it true that every honest German is ashamed of his government these days? Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when ... the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes...reach the light of day?"
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“Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.” —Sophie Scholl
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There's a wonderful moment in the film when Sophie is being questioned, she is at first evasive about who distributed the leaflets, but then she nerves herself to speak truth to power, and asked, "who did it?" answers, Ich. Und ich bin stolz darauf. "Me. And I'm proud of it."
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When she was caught red handed she at first tried to take full responsibility and save the others.
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