Br sophie scholl biography book

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The unique true story of a young student’s resistance in Nazi Germany, and her death for the cause of the White Rose movement that she believed in so fervently, received the attention it deserved with the recent film of her life.

This accomplished biography complements that portrayal by presenting a wonderfully detailed account of Sophie Scholl’s whole life rather than primarily an account of her resistance involvement, and includes aspects that will be less wellknown (Sophie’s parents’ backgrounds, her enthusiastic involvement in the Hitler Youth movement as a teenager, her work experience before university, and her gradual turning against the regime), as well as those with which readers will already be more familiar.

Much of the material on which the author draws is absolutely fascinating.

The quotations from sermons in which ministers share their belief that the newly appointed Führer was sent by God, and the lengthy account of the enthusiastic involvement of the S