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'''Sophia Magdalena Scholl''' (May 9, 1921 – February 23, 1943) was an anti-Nazi activist and a member of the [[White Rose]], which was founded by her brother Hans and his friends.
==White Rose movement==
While initially unaware of the potential destruction that the [[Nazis]] would eventually carry out as they rose to power in 1933, Scholl eventually began to see the Nazis in a negative light as her Jewish friends were being discriminated against.<ref>[https://www.biographyonline.net/women/sophie-scholl.html Sophie Scholl Biography]</ref> Her disgust for the Nazi regime was furthered when her brother and friends were arrested in 1937 for participating in the German Youth movement as well as when her father was imprisoned for criticizing [[Hitler]]. When she attended the University of Munich in 1942, she began to associate with those she shared the same views with, and later joined the White Rose when she found out about its activities. Scholl was known to have distributed leaflets and spread messages while other members painted anti-Nazi messages on buildings.
==Arrest and execution==
Due to the extreme Nazi surveillance, Scholl and other members of the White Rose were eventually caught and arrested in February 18, 1943. Facing a trial presided by an ardent Nazi without defense witnesses called out, she and others were quickly found "guilty" and executed by guillotine. Her last words were:{{cquote| “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”<ref>[https://ozwisdomsandlessons.com/the-last-words-of-sophie-scholl/ The last words of Sophie Scholl]</ref>
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==Religious beliefs==
Scholl's opposition to Nazism came partly from her family's opposition, but also from a strong Christian faith. Being a devout Lutheran,<ref>[https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/7094 Lutheran heroine, Sophie Scholl, subject of Academy Award nominee]</ref> she frequently read and quoted from the Bible.<ref>[https://alexandralehmann.com/christian-faith-inspired-sophie-scholl/ Sophie Scholl, Inspired and Motivated by Christian Faith]</ref>
==References==
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==White Rose movement==
While initially unaware of the potential destruction that the [[Nazis]] would eventually carry out as they rose to power in 1933, Scholl eventually began to see the Nazis in a negative light as her Jewish friends were being discriminated against.<ref>[https://www.biographyonline.net/women/sophie-scholl.html Sophie Scholl Biography]</ref> Her disgust for the Nazi regime was furthered when her brother and friends were arrested in 1937 for participating in the German Youth movement as well as when her father was imprisoned for criticizing [[Hitler]]. When she attended the University of Munich in 1942, she began to associate with those she shared the same views with, and later joined the White Rose when she found out about its activities. Scholl was known to have distributed leaflets and spread messages while other members painted anti-Nazi messages on buildings.
==Arrest and execution==
Due to the extreme Nazi surveillance, Scholl and other members of the White Rose were eventually caught and arrested in February 18, 1943. Facing a trial presided by an ardent Nazi without defense witnesses called out, she and others were quickly found "guilty" and executed by guillotine. Her last words were:{{cquote| “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”<ref>[https://ozwisdomsandlessons.com/the-last-words-of-sophie-scholl/ The last words of Sophie Scholl]</ref>
}}
==Religious beliefs==
Scholl's opposition to Nazism came partly from her family's opposition, but also from a strong Christian faith. Being a devout Lutheran,<ref>[https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/7094 Lutheran heroine, Sophie Scholl, subject of Academy Award nominee]</ref> she frequently read and quoted from the Bible.<ref>[https://alexandralehmann.com/christian-faith-inspired-sophie-scholl/ Sophie Scholl, Inspired and Motivated by Christian Faith]</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}