-Sophie Scholl-

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-Sophie Scholl-
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Origins and ends

• Sophia Magdalena Scholl
• Born May 9th 1921
• Died February 22nd 1943

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Early days

• Sophie was the fourth of five children.
• Her father was the mayor of her home town.
• Sophie was raised a Lutheran. She entered grade
  school at the age of seven, learned easily and
  had a carefree childhood. In 1930, the family
  moved to Ludwigsburg and then two years later to
  Ulm where her father had a business consulting
  office.

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Later days

• She entered secondary school at the age of
  twelve.
• There she developed strong political views
  against the fascism spreading through Europe and
  Germany.
• after serving six months in the national labor
  service she enrolled at the University of Munich.

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The white rose

• In the summer of 1942, a group of young men
  including Willi Graf, Christoph Probst and Hans
  Scholl (Sophie's brother) co-authored six
  anti-Nazi Third Reich political resistance
  leaflets. Calling themselves the White Rose, they
  told Germans to passively resist the Nazis after
  witnessing a group of naked Jews being shot in a
  pit.

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Sophie joins

• Hans tried to keep his sister from knowing about
  their activities but she soon found out.
• Though Sophie did not take part in the production
  of the leaflets she did take an active roll in
  their distribution.

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Busted!

• Sophie and the rest of the White Rose were soon
  caught by the Nazis.
• Sophie and her brother were sentenced to death.
• She died in a guillotine on February 22nd 1943.

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A Young Martyr

• Sophie Scholl was a brave and courageous young
  woman who helped spread awareness of the evil of
  the Third Reich.
• After her death a copy of the sixth leaflet was
  smuggled to England were it was copied and
  millions were dropped on Germany in mid-1943.
• Her memory lives on today as it always will.

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Fertig!

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_SchollEarly_l
  ife
• http//www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holoca
  ust/rose.html
• http//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERschollS.ht
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