#Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

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“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause?"

Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist

Born: 9 May 1921, Forchtenberg, Germany

Died: 22 February 1943, JVA Stadelheim München, Munich, Germany

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The year is 2034. Disney announces the production of the show "Resistance: Dooku of Serenno", set during the early days of the Empire, starring CG Christopher Lee.

We begin with a flashback to Revenge of the Sith. After Dooku is beheaded, we learn that he used the Force to supply his brain with blood and oxygen. The movie is visibly retconned - as Obi-Wan, Anakin and Palpatine flee the Invisible Hand, four human parts can be spotted stealthily floating after them.

Dooku, being Dooku, survives the crash and manages to steal away. His head is surgically reattached. Don't ask why nobody else ever stitched their lightsaber-chopped limbs back on. He ends up getting prosthetic hands, anyway. David Filoni said in a behind-the-scenes interview that he thought they were cool.

Previously established canon prevents Dooku from doing anything in-character until Order 66. He lets loose in Coruscant's undercity and becomes the local kooky old man who couldn't possibly be public enemy number one until Mace Windu, freshly fried and unhanded, crashes down in front of him. What a coincidence.

Mace is still played by Sam L. Jackson. He is So Old. He is only there for the paycheck. Disney didn't know how to recast him. He is acting alongside the shell of a man who has been dead for two decades.

After a joke about missing hands that is very funny, the two get along swimmingly. They don't really talk about Dooku's various war crimes. "My droid army would never traumatize a young child," Dooku says with a wink into the camera. Remember to buy your Mandalorian merch.

Mace and Dooku organize an underground resistance on Coruscant in the spirit of the Confederacy. Mace is okay with this. Choice aspects of this arc are compelling, like the fight against fascism under the yoke of cruel state suppression, but tone-deaf allusions to the work of Sophie Scholl cause controversy abroad. Andor did it better. Critics on YouTube who thus far lauded the return of fan favorites and 'faithful casting' tear into the show for pushing the woke agenda.

Nothing Mace and Dooku accomplish has any impact on the Original Trilogy. What were you expecting? The end of the show teases a second season with the arrival of a mysterious woman. Dooku's secret wife. You never knew of her because she was never relevant before. As the final credit music slowly creeps in, she says: "Don't you want to see your son?"

The music swells and we cut to Serenno. The planet has never been mentioned throughout all 15 episodes of the show. Standing in the ruins of Dooku's castle is Dooku's son: back turned to the viewer, gazing into the sunset. Dooku II of Serenno, proud heir, turns his head. He is played by Harry Styles.

Roll credits.

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Episode 38: Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

It's Friday! In this week's episode, we're discussing Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Die Letzten Tage) about the courageous last few days of German resistance fighter Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans Scholl and their friends. Sophie was part of the resistance group The White Rose, trying to shed light on the Nazi regime's lies. Her story, if you don't know it, is very inspiring, and we encourage you to find out more, watch the movie, and take away that there's sunshine even in the darkest of situations. Listen here

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

Director: Marc Rothemund

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Full film)

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Picture Tree To Launch Marc Rothemund’s Weekend Rebels’ At EFM – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Picture Tree Int’l (PTI) has boarded sales on German Sophie Scholls – The Final Days Oscar-nominee and hitmaker Marc Rothemund’s heart-warming family drama Weekend Rebels, inspired by the true story of a father who forged a special bond with his autistic son through the search for a perfect soccer club. The film, currently in post-production, is produced by Justyna Muesch, Quirin Berg…

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Celebrate National Girl Child Day by making the lives of girls better

National Girl Child day is celebrated on January 24th every year. Since 2008, this day has been celebrated with only one purpose in its mind, to raise awareness about the plight of the girl child in India. The day was introduced by the ministry of women and child development. The government has made continuous efforts to improve the state of girls in our country. National campaigns like ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, subsidised education for girls, reservations for girls in universities, and colleges, have been introduced to reduce the disparity against women.

While India has made tremendous strides in improving the lives of girls in the country, the statistics reveal a heart-breaking and depressing reality. In contrast to the male literacy rate of 82.14, the female literacy rate stood at a measly 65.46. According to the annual bulletin of the The sexual harassment rate went from 28.9% to 33.6%, 3.7 % of girls were married below the age of 18 in 2011, and over 2,000 girls are illegally aborted every day in India. The male employment rate is 56.8, while the female employment rate is only 22.2. This shows

that despite the constant efforts of feminist movements, the girl child in India is far from empowered and independent.

Even horrific crimes against girls rose up. The sexual harassment rate went from 28.9% to 33.6%. 3.7 % of girls were married below the age of 18 in 2011, and over 2,000 girls are illegally aborted every day in India.

So what can you do to raise awareness about the miserable situation of girls in India on National Girl Child Day?

At the grassroots level, you can share inspiring stories of female changemakers in diverse fields on social media. Never underestimate the power of your voice, as a single share can spark an immediate chain reaction. Spreading stories about historical figures like Rani Laxmibai, Savitribai Phule, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart etc. Modern female leaders like New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Finland’s Sanaa Marin, Germany’s Angela Merkel, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-Wen, proved to be more apt to handling the pandemic than major world powers. Such tales can be shared to boost the morale of girls.

The events of the day should not be limited to girls. You can make boys aware of menstrual hygiene and health, teach them about appropriate behaviour towards the female sex, and make them aware of ‘good touch’ and ‘bad touch’. Boys should be taught that their female peers, are not inferior to them in any way, and should be instructed to stand up for girls around them.

In your institutes, you can screen films which have feministic narratives like Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Women, Marc Rothemund’s Sophie Scholl- The Final Days, Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Aniruddha Roy’s Pink, Jasmeet Reen’s Darlings. Examples of powerful female fictional characters like Wonder Woman, and The Bride, can also be shared with young children.

You can also donate money to NGOs that actively work to improve the lives of girls. NGOs like Aarti for Girls, Nanhi Kali, Big at Heart etc, are some of the many NGOs working in India.

So, on 24th January, let’s take an oath to improve the lives of female children in India.

Source - https://childhelpfoundation.in/blog/posts/Celebrate-National-Girl-Child-Day-by-making-the-lives-of-girls-better

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Underrated WWII Movies:

(All of these are based on true stories, but I only added links to the books that I’ve actually read.)

Sophie Scholl: the Final Days (2005)

Tells the story of The White Rose Society which was a secret anti-war resistance organization made up of students and professors at Munich University in Nazi Germany. Kind of a legal drama, the movie takes place when several of the members of The White Rose are arrested for distributing anti-war leaflets at the university and ends a few days after their trial. The movie is entirely in German.

Here’s the trailer.

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn is the written counterpart with more background details.

Anthropoid (2016)

Follows the Czech resistance in occupied Czechoslovakia and the mission to assassinate Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich. The movie version of the real-life scenario when anything that can go wrong goes wrong.

Here’s the trailer.

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

The story of how a family who owned the most successful zoo in the world used it to help hide Jews during the Holocaust. The movie starts just before the invasion of Poland and goes all the way through the entire occupation of Poland and both Uprisings to end after the war.

Here’s the trailer.

Based on the book, The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman who used Antonina’s the wife’s wartime diaries as the main source.

Dunkirk (2017)

About the Disaster at Dunkirk and the fight to evacuate Allied troops. Follows three POV’s between the men trapped at the beachhead, those manning the boats that are sailing to Dunkirk from England to help, and the pilots who were trying to keep the German air raids from bombarding those at Dunkirk. A lot of no-name soldiers, but it follows the very big picture, the scope is very much more zoomed out. The movie takes place over the course of a few days.

Here’s the trailer.

Midway (2019)

Focuses on the naval and aerial battles in the Pacific theater. Though it’s titled Midway, the movie starts at the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and goes all the way to the battle of Midway which didn’t actually happen until 1942. It focuses on a specific group of pilots and naval personnel. It also follows the intelligence gathering for the naval operations as well as a few POV scenes for the Japanese naval forces.

Here’s the trailer.

And a couple honorable mentions:

Band of Brothers (2001)

A mini-series that follows Easy Company of the American Army. It focuses on the men of the company and their commanding officers starting from jump training to the end of the war.

Here’s the trailer.

It was inspired by the book of the same name, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Denial (2016)

Not really taking place in WWII, but a must-watch of Holocaust history. A legal drama about the true story of how historian Deborah Lipstadt was sued for libel when she called a Holocaust denier a liar and she had to defend herself and prove that the Holocaust happened in a court of law. The movie takes place over the course of the trial and follows both Lipstadt and her attorney as they research proving the Holocaust.

Here’s the trailer.

It’s based on the biographical book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah Lipstadt.

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History Nerd's Review: Sophie Scholl, die letzen Tage (2005)

"If you and Hitler weren't afraid of our opinion, we wouldn't be here."

Sophia Magdalena Scholl (Julia Jentsch) and her brother Hans (Fabian Hinrichs) were college students in Munich and members of the "White Rose," an idealistic anti-Nazi resistance group. They were arrested in 1943 for distributing leaflets calling for an end to the war and the overthrow of National Socialism. This 2005 German-language film tells the story of their arrest, "trial," and execution, emphasizing Sophie's calm defiance and deep religious faith.

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i am so fucking furious i'm literally about to kill someone

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Women’s History Month - Day Six Sophie Scholl

DOB: May 9th, 1921 DOD: February 22nd, 1943 From: Forchtenberg, Germany “Someone, 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.”

When Germany’s Nazi ideals were on the rise, Sophie and her brother, Hans, were at first very happy participants in the Hitler Youth program. Her parents openly disapproved of the Nazi regime and of Sophie’s involvement in their ranks, and many dinners at the Scholl household were filled with Sophie’s parents discussing their opinions with Sophie and her siblings. They emphasized how important an open and honest discussion was, and Sophie quickly realized how horrific the Nazi regime really was. Finally, due to the arrest of Hans and several other Scholl children, Sophie began her political activism.

In order to attend university, Nazi Germany made it a requirement that all youth were to first spend time working for the state. Sophie made an attempt to escape that fate but was unable to, and followed the rules, but practiced instances of passive resistance during her time before she went off to university to study philosophy and biology.

Her brother Hans was studying at the same university in Munich when she arrived, and she was quick to join him and his friends in their discussions of being against the Nazi regime. They dubbed themselves Weiße Rose, or White Rose, and began to write and print pamphlets that they distributed around campus and around Munich. With the help of friends and supporters all across Germany, thousands of these pamphlets were delivered across the country, making die Weiße Rose appear a much larger organization than it actually was. 

During their distributions of the sixth - and final - pamphlet at their university, Sophie pushed dozens of copies off of a railing to allow the papers to fall to the floor below. Unfortunately, she was seen by a janitor, who reported her. Soon after, her brother Hans and a friend of his, Christoph were arrested as well. The three were trialed, in which they took fully responsibility for the actions of die Weiße Rose in an attempt to cover for the actions of their friends. This did not work, and the rest of their group was soon arrested as well.

On February 22nd, 1943, Sophie and Hans Scholl, along with Christoph Probst, were executed via guillotine. Her last words were “Die Sonne scheint noch”, or “The sun still shines.” 

Smuggled copies of their pamphlets made their way to England, and were soon subjected to mass printing and distributed all over Germany by plane.

Sources: (1) (2) (3)

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Master List War Material

Hello everyone!

I decided to make my own list about war stuff and share it with you lots. These are all of the movies and TV shows that I've ever watched and books that I read; it's going to be WWI, WWII (with Holocaust as well), Vietnam War and Iraq War related. What can I say, I'm a slut when it comes to matters of war and soldiers, mostly. I'll keep updating it with new stuff every now and then. 

I really hope you find this interesting and useful! If you have any suggestions or questions or whatever, my DMs are always open ❤️

MOVIES:

WWI

1917

War Horse

Testament of Youth

1918

All quiet at the Western front

The Eagle and the Hawk

WWII

Dunkirk

Hacksaw Ridge

Midway

Inglourious Basterds

Fury

Flags of Our Fathers

Unbroken

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List (Holocaust)

The Thin Red Line

Pearl Harbour

The Longest Day

The Dirty Dozen

The Pianist (Holocaust)

Anthropoid

Train de vie

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (Holocaust)

Hurricane

Black Book

Saints and Soldiers

The Darkest Hour

The Monuments Men

T-34

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Holocaust)

Life is Beautiful (Holocaust)

Elle s'appelait Sarah (Holocaust)

Jakob the Liar (Holocaust)

The Zookeeper's Wife (Holocaust)

Sobibor (Holocaust)

The Photographer of Mauthausen (Holocaust)

At War with Love

Jojo Rabbit

Kapò (Holocaust)

Perlasca: the Courage of a Just Man (Holocaust)

A Bag of Marbles

Where Hands Touch (War/Holocaust)

Naked Among Wolves (Holocaust)

Company of Heroes

From Hell to Victory

The Big Red One

Son of Saul (Holocaust)

U-Boot 96

Uprising

Downfall

A Bridge Too Far

Defiance

The Resistance Banker

Greyhound

My Honor Was Loyalty – Leibstandarte

Ghosts of War

Goodbye Children

Jonah Who Lived in the Whale

Atonement

The Sound of Music

Another Mother’s Son

Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

Into the White

Nancy Wake: Gestapo’s Most Wanted

Resistance (2020)

Lancaster Skies

POST WWII

Reunion

Operation Finale

The Truce

Sophie's Choice (Holocaust)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Denial

The Windermere Children

VIETNAM

Hamburger Hill

Good Morning, Vietnam

The Last Full Measure

Danger Close: the Battle of Long Tan

We Were Soldiers

Apocalypse Now

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

The Deer Hunter

Da 5 Bloods

Tunnel Rats

Rescue Dawn

IRAQ

12 Strong

The Hurt Locker

Sand Castle

American Sniper

Jarhead

The Yellow Birds

OTHER

Triple Frontier

War Machine

Black Hawk Down

The Siege of Jadotville

TV SHOWS:

WWI

Birdsong (2 episodes)

WWII

Band of Brothers (10 episodes)

The Pacific (10 episodes)

Catch-22 (6 episodes)

Generation War (3 episodes)

Colditz 2005 (2 episodses)

The Liberator (4 episodes)

AU

The Man in the High Castle (4 seasons/40 episodes)

SS GB (5 episodes)

POST WWII

Close to the Enemy (7 episodes)

Restless (2 episodes)

IRAQ WAR

Generation Kill (7 episodes)

BOOKS:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

La banalità del bene di Enrico Deaglio (for my italian fellas)

L'impostore di Giorgio Perlasca (same as before)

Reunion by Fred Uhlman

D-Day by Larry Collins

The May Beetles by Baba Schwartz

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead

The Diary by Anne Frank

Lilac Girls: A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly

The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told by S. Dando-Collins

If This is a Man by Primo Levi

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi

The Truce by Primo Levi

A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo

Dunkirk by Robert Jackson

Dunkirk by Joshua Levine

Unbroken by Laura Hillembrand

Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters and Cole Kingseed

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by Edward Heffron, Robyn Post, and William Guarnere

Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don Malarkey

Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Webster

Un anno sull'altipiano di Emilio Lussu (sadly this one is only in italian)

Generation Kill by Evan Wright

Commandant of Auschwitz by Rudolf Hoss

The Sergeant in the Snow by Mario Rigoni Stern

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers by Marcus Brotherton

Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander

Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne by Martin King

A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us by Marcus Brotherton

The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company by Ian Gardner

Liberation by Imogen Kealey

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers by Chris Langlois

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Posted @withregram • @redfishstream This was Sophie Scholl, the anti-fascist who heroically resisted the Nazis as a student in Germany. While studying in Munich, she along with her brother, Hans and several friends, formed a non-violent, anti-Nazi resistance group called the White Rose. The group ran a campaign to spread leaflets and put up graffiti to call on their fellow German citizens to join the resistance against the Nazis. In 1943, Scholl and the other members of the White Rose were arrested by the Gestapo for distributing leaflets at the University of Munich where she studied and was taken to prison. After a trial on February 22, 1943, Scholl, her brother Hans and their friend Christop Probst, all pictured in the photo, were found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. At her execution only a few hours later, Scholl made a final statement: "How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-DSZAABWN/?igshid=1pzvpl3991b4