- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSophia Magdalena Scholl
- Sophie Scholl was born on May 9, 1921 in Forchtenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She died on February 22, 1943 in Stadelheim Prison, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Is portrayed by Lena Stolze in The White Rose (1982) and Five Last Days (1982) and by Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005).
- The square in front of the University of Munich was called "Geschwister-Scholl-Platz" to honor Sophie Scholl and Hans Scholl.
- German resistance heroine
- Lena Stolze and Julia Jentsch both won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards for "Best Actress" for portraying her
- Shared an apartment with her brother Hans Scholl when she studied biology and philosophy at the University of Munich.
- I'm still so remote from God that I don't even sense his presence when I pray.
- Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.
- I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.
- The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate.
- Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.
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