It's a cliché quite widespread belief that during the years of Nazism in Germany no one was aware of the injustice that the regime was making. This cliché is obviously wrong, Since it is known that were numerous groups of passive resistance to the dictatorship. One of these groups was that of "white rose", made up of young students from the University of Munich.
Sophie Scholl, a young German woman averse to Nazi ideology, joined together with his older brother Hans the "white rose". He worked to prepare and disseminate leaflets that incited nonviolent resistance against the Reich.
The 18 February 1943 Sophie was seen by a Nazi janitor while distributed leaflets at the University of Munich, and together with his brother Hans was arrested. Followed four days of tough questioning by the Gestapo, at the end of which the young woman was accused of treason.
The 22 February 1943 Sophie and her classmates attended a show trial and were sentenced to death by decapitation. The performance took place the same day.
Sophie was a very brave young woman. During interrogation he stated without hesitation its responsibility. Faced with charges of treason for having disobeyed Nazi laws, declared:
"Laws change, the consciousness remains ".
Maria
