Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This documentary explores the life of Sophie Scholl, the iconic member of the White Rose, a non-violent student resistance group in Nazi Germany during WW2. Witness her radical transformation from a compliant member of the Hitler Youth to a courageous activist who defied Hitler. Learn about the group's efforts to awaken the German conscience following the disaster at Stalingrad, their capture by the Gestapo, and their swift, tragic execution. This is the ultimate story of youthful moral courage against the brutality of the Third Reich.

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