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Sophie Scholl: the Final Days: a new German film brings to life the shining heroism of the student anti-Nazi martyrs of The White Rose.
Acts of heroism in times of great moral crisis--whether in legend, fiction, or historical anecdote--are the stuff that thrill and inspire other souls to leave the path of apathy and cowardice for that of purpose and valor. In Nazi Germany, in 1942, a small band of university students known as The White Rose set about to stir the conscience of a nation against Hitler's totalitarian regime. Armed with truth, noble ideals, and youthful passion, they set out to topple the mighty Third Reich. Their weapons were words printed on leaflets, which they distributed anonymously through the mails and surreptitiously in public venues such as phone booths, train stations, and university ...
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Claiborne Pell, Ambassador Arthur...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 19, 1987 700+ words
...formally inaugurate the White Rose Foundation and will...execution of Hans and Sophie Scholl, who were the leaders of the White Rose. Ambassador Arthur...sister of Hans and Sophie Scholl, executed White Rose leaders; Hildegard...
- Die weisse Rose: Matthew Zadow (Hans Scholl) and Marta Ewa Matulewicz (Sophie...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Citron, Paula March 22, 2005 700+ words
...under the auspices of the White Rose Project, German composer...opera, Die weisse Rose (White Rose), as part of Holocaust...brother and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl, based on fragments...student resistance group, White Rose, whose major crime was...
- The White Rose and the definition of 'resistance: Simon Henderson explains the...
- Magazine article from: History Review Henderson, Simon December 1, 2005 700+ words
...February 18th 1943 Hans and Sophie Scholl threw hundreds of leaflets...with other members of the White Rose movement, they dared to struggle...regime. The story of the White Rose should be celebrated as the...entitled 'Leaflets of the White Rose' that were intended to ...
- Newly Opened German Archives Reveal the Real Sophie Scholl.(Culture)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) March 6, 2006 700+ words
...By contrast, Sophie Scholl is anything but...21-year-old Sophie Scholl, the heroine of...movement known as the White Rose, in the currently...German films about Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, but neither one...
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.(Movie review)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Video Business October 30, 2006 700+ words
...nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, Sophie Scholl is the true story of a brave German...Nazi underground movement called "White Rose" led to her incarceration and execution...surviving family members and one of her White Rose compatriots. The extras are all worthwhile...
- 'SOPHIE SCHOLL' FALLS SHORT.(RHYTHM)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) June 8, 2006 700+ words
...argument from me that Sophie Scholl was a saint. Scholl...movement called the White Rose that challenged Hitler...in a movie called "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days...and thoughtful than "Sophie Scholl." After a show trial...
- 'SOPHIE SCHOLL' A PORTRAIT OF COURAGE.(Living)(Movie review)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) April 14, 2006 700+ words
...subject of "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days...year-old Sophie Scholl (Julia Jentsch...members of the White Rose, a resistance...actors playing White Rose members have...Jentsch plays Sophie Scholl, a young heroine...
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (4 stars out of 5).
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) June 2, 2006 700+ words
...will not be in vain. Sophie Scholl was the real deal...circumstances imaginable. And Sophie Scholl: The Final Days...was a member of the White Rose, rare dissenters in...s a resonance to Sophie Scholl that crosses borders...
