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Sophie Scholl

1921 - 1943

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Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. Raised in a politically engaged family, Scholl initially joined the Bund Deutscher Mädel, the female branch of the Hitler Youth, but later became critical of the Nazi regime. Influenced by philosophy, theology, and the writings of Theodor Haecker, she became involved in passive resistance efforts alongside her brother, Hans, and fellow students. The White Rose distributed leaflets calling for opposition to the Nazi state, citing ethical and philosophical arguments against its policies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophie Scholl is the 48th most popular social activist (down from 38th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Social Activist.

Sophie Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi activist who was executed by guillotine at the age of 22. She was convicted of high treason for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at the University of Munich, and was executed with her brother Hans.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sophie Scholl ranks 48 out of 840. Before her are Lady Godiva, Simon bar Kokhba, Olympe de Gouges, Bhagat Singh, Alfred Hermann Fried, and Thomas Müntzer. After her are Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sakamoto Ryōma, Pheidippides, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, and Hassan al-Banna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Sophie Scholl ranks 25. Before her are John Rawls, Giulietta Masina, Simone Signoret, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and Gunnar Nordahl. After her are Aaron T. Beck, Joseph Beuys, Ágnes Keleti, Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt. Among people deceased in 1943, Sophie Scholl ranks 15. Before her are Simone Weil, Henrik Pontoppidan, Leslie Howard, Boris III of Bulgaria, Henri La Fontaine, and Theodor Eicke. After her are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Chaim Soutine, Alexandre Millerand, Beatrix Potter, Władysław Sikorski, and Nikolai Vavilov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sophie Scholl ranks 372 out of 7,253. Before her are August von Mackensen (1849), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Hermann Müller (1876), and Adolf Dassler (1900). After her are Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Franz Halder (1884), George Paget Thomson (1892), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Sophie Scholl ranks 4. Before her are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Sophia of Prussia (1870), and Thomas Müntzer (1489). After her are Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Horst Wessel (1907), Anneliese Michel (1952), Martin Niemöller (1892), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Widukind (755), Hans Scholl (1918), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950).

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