Hans and Sophie Scholl, were also among many other Christians who died opposing Hitler. They started a resistance movement called the White Rose and published pamphlets denouncing the mass deportation and execution of Jews as “the most frightful crime against human dignity, a crime that is unparalleled in the whole of history”; and boldly proclaimed, “Every word that comes from Hitler’s mouth is a lie.”27 “We fight with our words,” said Sophie. The siblings paid for their defiance. On February 18, 1943, Sophie stood at the top of the stairs overlooking a university atrium and flung leaflets
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