Sophie Scholl: “Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone”

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This really demonstrates the way things happen in the world. It is very revealing and salutary. Stand up for what you believe in!

2 thoughts on “Sophie Scholl: “Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone””

  1. I doubt very much if it’s a fair reflection of Scholl to be paired with Junge and would sincerely hope that the belief of anything ‘salutary’ concerning this fantasy is wholly aimed at only Scholl.
    Junge knew exactly what she was doing. At the beginning she may well have had little interest in politics, but she was centre-bound for over two years and even married an SS officer.
    Nazi administrative prefix coding readily determined what documents arrived at her desk and those that left it. She knew exactly what was going on, yet lied that she didn’t, and being a full blown Hitler sycophantic acolyte hung in there like a bad smell. She worshiped him with every morsel of herself and had opportunity to leave the Berlin bunker much sooner but opted to stay to the bitter end. Her filmed interviews confirm this.
    She was lucky she wasn’t hanged or at least committed to prison for any length of time other than just the short spells with both the Russians and Americans for debriefing.
    Australia refused her emigration.

    1. I think you are right. She knew exactly what she was doing. I think that it was the contrast that appealed to me. How two people could react to the same situation in so very different ways.

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