Sophie Scholl passively resisted Hitler and was politically active

Passive Resistance: Refusing to Yield to Censorship

By Alexandra Lehmann | July 25, 2016

Sophie Scholl is remembered for sticking up for Heine at a girls' Hitler Youth meeting.

Historical Context: Sophie Scholl passively resisted Hitler. She was political active as a school girl in Ulm from 1938-1940. During this time, the Reich directorate ordered that universities burn books by subversive authors including Jack London and Ernest Hemingway. Heinrich Heine’s work was among the list of…