Sophie Scholl was a German student who terrified the Nazis. #history #hiddenhistory

Added: 2026-05-01

[00:00:00]In 1943, the Nazi regime was terrified of a 21-year-old college student with nothing but a suitcase full of paper.

[00:00:08]Sophie Scholl was born on May 9th, 1921 in Germany, and by the time she reached the University of Munich, silence had become dangerous. Her brother Hans and friends in the White Rose chose a weapon the Nazis couldn't easily shoot down, leaflets. They wrote about Nazi crimes, the war, and the duty to resist without violence. On February 18th, 1943, Sophie and Hans carried their sixth leaflet into the university and scattered copies from an upper floor. A janitor saw them.

[00:00:37]Four days later, on February 22nd, Roland Freisler's court sentenced them to death. That same day, Sophie was executed by guillotine at Stadelheim Prison. She was 21. The lesson is clear.

[00:00:51]Education is not just what we learn in classrooms. It is what we choose to defend when truth is on trial.