Sophie Scholl

Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine. Since the 1970s, Scholl has been extensively commemorated for her anti-Nazi resistance work.Early lifeScholl was the daughter of Magdalena and liberal politician and ardent Nazi critic Robert Scholl, who was the mayor of her hometown of Forchtenberg am Kocher in northern Baden-Württemberg, when Scholl was born. She was the fourth of six children: Inge Aicher-Scholl Hans Scholl Elisabeth Hartnagel-Scholl, married Sophie's long-term boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel Sophie Scholl Werner Scholl missing in action and presumed dead in June 1944 Thilde Scholl Scholl was brought up in the Lutheran church. She entered junior or grade school at the age of seven, learned easily, and had a carefree childhood. In 1930, the family moved to Ludwigsburg and then two years later to Ulm where her father had a business consulting office.