The story of Nazi resistance fighter Sophie Scholl
The Nazi regime was sure it had all young Germans on its side. But Sophie Scholl, born 100 years ago on this day, did not want to yield to the regime.
Anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl
We want to be Jungmädel. / We want to have clear eyes / and busy hands. / We want to become strong and proud: (.) too defiant to be cowards.
In 1934 in the German city of Ulm, a group of girls made that solemn pledge to the Jungmädelbund (Young Girls League), a branch of Adolf Hitler s youth movement for girls aged 10 to 14.Sophie Scholl was one of them, and she, too, was given the trademark black scarf to tie around her neck.