"The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate. As I did that night at Blumberg, I'll keep on repeating it for us both: We must pray, and pray for each other, and if you wer…"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#philosophy

philosophy

"I've been thinking of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over …"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#mind

mind

"Sophie Scholl and the White Rose" at Shoah Education Project"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#knowledge

knowledge

"Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided. Yet time and time again one hears it said that since we have been put into a conflicting world, we have t…"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#justice

justice

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#justice

justice

"Such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go. But how many have to die on the battlefield in these days, how many young, promising lives... What does my death matter if by our acts thousands are warned…"

— Sophie Scholl

Politics1921–1943

#death

death

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1921
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Birth
1943
Died
Death

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