BERLIN (AFP) - Sophie Scholl, the German resistance figure executed by the Nazis who was born 100 years ago on Sunday (May 9), has become an emblem of courage and a national hero to many.
But the legacy of the young woman sentenced to a brutal death for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets has recently been co-opted by Germany s anti-lockdown movement, to the dismay of historians and the Jewish community.
At a demonstration in April, one woman had a placard featuring a picture of Sophie Scholl draped on string around her shoulders. The real damage is done by those millions who want to survive . The honest men who just want to be left in peace, it read - words famously pronounced by the resistance campaigner.
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