The women from all walks of life who rebelled against the Nazis

Sophie Scholl wrote one word on the back of the indictment that condemned her to death: “freedom.” The story of this university student who defended her ideas against Adolf Hitler’s regime is one of the most heartbreaking in Nazi Germany. The young woman was part of a group called the White Rose, which distributed leaflets with messages against the Third Reich until it was discovered by the Gestapo. All its members were sentenced to death by guillotine. Sophie was only 21 years old. Today, in practically every German city, there is a school named after her, as she has become a powerful symbol of peaceful resistance.

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