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The Nazis Beheaded Her for Practicing Free Speech

The Nazis Beheaded Her for Practicing Free Speech

Lessons in resistance — Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

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Mateja Klaric
Oct 07, 2020
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Pic: Sophie Scholl Facebook page

To me, Sophie Scholl was a saint. And indeed, another member of the group White Rose she too belonged to, a Russian-German student Alexander Schmorell, was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2012. Given her life and death, Sophie should have been canonized too.

The White Rose was a group of students who…

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