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On February 18, 1943, 21 year-old Sophie Scholl placed a stack of anti-Hitler leaflets on a banister overlooking the main hall in the University of Munich. Ensuring in a split-second that that the papers would cascade over all the students as they emerged from their classrooms, Sophie pushed the papers into the air and signed her death warrant. Within moments, having been caught by a miserable janitor looking for his moment of glory, Sophie and her brother Hans, were speeding in a Gestapo car to the interrogations and trial that would deliver them to the guillotine four days later. Sophie...

On February 18, 1943, 21 year-old Sophie Scholl placed a stack of anti-Hitler leaflets on a banister overlooking the main hall in the University of Munich. Ensuring in a split-second that that the papers would cascade over all the students as they emerged from their classrooms, Sophie pushed the papers into the air and signed her death warrant. Within moments, having been caught by a miserable janitor looking for his moment of glory, Sophie and her brother Hans, were speeding in a Gestapo car to the interrogations and trial that would deliver them to the guillotine four days later. Sophie...

A team of lawyers who advocate for parental rights is working with parents whose children attend Ventura High School in Southern California to raise a formal objection after teachers had students fill out a survey on sex with questions such as "Are you sexually active" and "If not, why not?"

Sophie Scholl was executed by guillotine by Third Reich for her Hitler resistance activities. She was found guilty of distributing leaflets at college and for this she was killed. This is a dramatization of that event, it is a movie that will not leave you and will have you thinking about it for days after viewing. I highly recommend this film.