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Sophie Scholl (1921-1943), German student, teacher and resistance figure

By Alexandra Lehmann | May 9, 2019

With Y ou There Is Light Based on the True Story about Sophie Scholl and Fritz Hartnagel

During the Great War, Sophie was born in Forchtenberg located in the Swabian province during the Weimar Republic.

Use of the Word “Resistance” in Campaigning

By Alexandra Lehmann | November 5, 2018 |

Appropriating World War II Language for 2018 U.S. Mid Term Elections
We need a leader, not a movement. – Candidate for Governor of the State of Connecticut

Translation of Sophie Scholl’s Gestapo Interrogation Notes

By Alexandra Lehmann | March 30, 2018

Sophie Scholl interrogated here after her arrest, February 1943

Fortsetzung der Vernehmung der Beschuldigten Munich, February 20, 1943 Context: Two days earlier, siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl were captured and arrested at the University of Munich after distributing Professor Kurt Huber’s sixth edition of the “German Resistance” leaflets. They were interrogated by Chief Inspector Robert Mohr at the State Secret Police Headquarters on Briennerstrasse. The below…