Always remember Hans and Sophie Scholl, brother and sister, who were executed on Feb 22 1943 for their resistance to Hitler. By speaking the truth they hoped to awaken the conscience of Germany, inspire a moral uprising, or at least shatter the unanimity of consent.
75 years ago today Sophie and Hans Scholl, siblings, students, members of the White Rose, were beheaded for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. Armed with nothing but a mimeograph machine, courage, and the uncorrupted idealism of youth, they challenged the edifice of tyranny.
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