White Rose resistance
1942–1943 · Event
Munich students Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friends distribute leaflets calling on Germans to resist Hitler. Caught after scattering leaflets at the university, the Scholls were guillotined within four days — Germany's most honoured resistance martyrs.
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