Книга: People Executed for Treason Against Germany: Sophie Scholl, Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, Martin-Paul Samba, Hans Scholl, Cato Bontjes Van Beek

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Sophie Scholl, Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, Martin-Paul Samba, Hans Scholl, Cato Bontjes Van Beek, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, Kinjikitile Ngwale, Benita Von Falkenhayn. Excerpt: Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 22 February 1943) was a German student, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine. Since the 1970s, Scholl has been celebrated as one of the great German heroes who actively opposed the Third Reich during the Second World War. The Town Hall in Forchtenberg, birthplace of Sophie SchollSophie's father Robert was the mayor of Forchtenberg am Kocher when she was born. Sophie was the fourth of six children: Sophie was brought up a Lutheran. She entered junior/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. In 1932, Scholl started attending a secondary school for girls. At the age of twelve, she was required to join the Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Girls), like most of her classmates, but her initial enthusiasm gradually gave way to criticism. She was aware of the dissenting political views of her father, of friends, and also of some teachers. Political attitude had become an essential criterion in her choice of friends. The arrest of her brothers and friends in 1937 for participating in the German Youth Movement left a strong impression on her. She had a talent for drawing and painting and for the first time came into contact with a few so-called 'degene... More: booksllc.net/?id=240876