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-Sophie Scholl-

-Sophie Scholl-. Origins and ends. Sophia Magdalena Scholl Born May 9 th 1921 Died February 22 nd 1943. Early days. Sophie was the fourth of five children. Her father was the mayor of her home town.

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-Sophie Scholl-

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  1. -Sophie Scholl-

  2. Origins and ends • SophiaMagdalena Scholl • Born May 9th 1921 • Died February 22nd 1943

  3. Early days • Sophie was the fourth of five children. • Her father was the mayor of her home town. • Sophie was raised a Lutheran. She entered 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.

  4. Later days • She entered secondary school at the age of twelve. • There she developed strong political views against the fascism spreading through Europe and Germany. • after serving six months in the national labor service she enrolled at the University of Munich.

  5. The white rose • In the summer of 1942, a group of young men — including Willi Graf, Christoph Probst and Hans Scholl (Sophie's brother) — co-authored six anti-Nazi Third Reich political resistance leaflets. Calling themselves the White Rose, they told Germans to passively resist the Nazis after witnessing a group of naked Jews being shot in a pit.

  6. Sophie joins • Hans tried to keep his sister from knowing about their activities but she soon found out. • Though Sophie did not take part in the production of the leaflets she did take an active roll in their distribution.

  7. Busted! • Sophie and the rest of the White Rose were soon caught by the Nazis. • Sophie and her brother were sentenced to death. • She died in a guillotine on February 22nd 1943.

  8. A Young Martyr • Sophie Scholl was a brave and courageous young woman who helped spread awareness of the evil of the Third Reich. • After her death a copy of the sixth leaflet was smuggled to England were it was copied and millions were dropped on Germany in mid-1943. • Her memory lives on today as it always will.

  9. Fertig! • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl#Early_life • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/rose.html • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERschollS.htm • this project brought to you by KLAUS 2ND period

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