The difficulties sculpt brave people and the struggle for freedom is full of examples like this, so today we tell you the story of a brave young woman: Sophie Scholl, to get to know her better we will go to Hitler’s Germany, where this girl chose to face fear rather than ignore the cruel and unjustified persecution that all citizens like her were suffering.
In February 1943, with a group of young men forming an resistance group called “The White Rose”, she was beheaded with a guillotine accused of treason. Interestingly, the instrument designed during the French Revolution to take down the enemies of freedom ended life. of one of his greatest defenders.
- “When the war is over.
- Will foreign troops come in.
- Will the people show us that we did nothing against Hitler?.
-Sophie Scholl-
“Doesn’t it matter if, through our example, thousands of people wake up and start acting?”, “Sophie’s last words are before she dies. He was only 21.
Despite the control and repression with which the Nazi regime threatened anyone who opposed their thinking, small resistance groups emerged in Germany that, with little resources and no support, confront those who try to control their lives, their actions and above all their spirit. .
They decided that the regime could perhaps control justice, education, health or the military, but never its will. They weren’t crazy or maybe they were, but they were wonderful. They knew the price and risk they would take if they were. discovered: their own lives.
In 1937, when her brothers and friends were illegally taken to the troops of the “Hitler Youth”, Sophie realized the macabre regime to which they were subjected. His vocation was teaching and he entered the University of Munich to study biology and philosophy.
All the resistance movements had a name by which their members were identified, and the White Rose was what our protagonist chose, who after attending several ideological groups in the university, was attracted by this group who spread her message through brochures and graffiti on the walls.
This group was not limited to intellectual discussions, but they tried to say what they thought of much of Germany, that with their silence it was complicit in the atrocities committed by Hitler’s party. People who, while not their goal, have decided to try their luck A risk that could be avoided if they simply did nothing.
Thanks to her brother, who belonged to the band, Sophie began wearing “The White Rose” ruffles. A very risky job, because if she was caught with propaganda material, she would have no chance of escaping the charge of treason.
In February 1943, Sophie decided to climb the roof of the university to collect brochures hidden there, nothing would have happened if one of the university’s janitors, who belonged to the Nazi party, had not seen it and denounced it.
She was captured by the Gestapo and placed in a cell with another person, intending to obtain information to dismantle the whole group, however, this person did not get any information from Sophie and, impressed by her strength, became convinced of her message.
Sophie and her companions were captured and did not denounce anyone, despite the torture suffered and the temptation of the advantages offered by the Nazis. Even today, La Rose Blanche is the symbol of freedom and the Scholl brothers have had the honor of having their names in schools, streets, parks and squares.