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Named Person: | Sophie Scholl; Hans Scholl; Scholl family.; Scholl family.; Hans Scholl; Sophie Scholl; Sophie Scholl |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Hanser |
ISBN: | 9781586175573 1586175572 |
OCLC Number: | 796754063 |
Notes: | First edition published by G.P. Putnam's, ©1979. Includes index. |
Description: | 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Responsibility: | Richard Hanser. |
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Abstract:
Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans were handsome, bright university students in 1942 Germany. As members of the Hitler Youth, they had once been enthusiastic supporters of the German renewal promised by National Socialism. But as their realization of Nazi barbarism grew, so did their moral outrage. Hans and Sophie formed a small group of like-minded friends, which initially included two medical students, a student of philosophy, and a fifty-year-old professor. They self-identified as Christians from various traditions-Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox-and they called themselves the White Rose. In a darkened studio lent them by an artist, they printed eloquent anti-Nazi leaflets, which they ingeniously spread throughout Germany. This book tells the true story of this underground group at the University of Munich that instigated, organized, and carried out the first overt resistance to Hitler's regime. What gives the book its unforgettable and inspiring quality is the personality, character, and courage of the White Rose members, as they resisted the pull of wartime patriotism and overcame their fear of the terrible price they would pay for their dissidence.
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