How Did Sophie Sholl Influence The Nazi Party

Using these two accounts of two very different experiences, conclusions can be drawn on how realistic the fictional story of Sophie’s experience within Auschwitz. Above, short summaries of Frankl and Mozes are instated so the two can be distinguishable. Now, using specific details for each of their stories to compare to Styron’s novel will be used to determine the nature of the story of Sophie.

Sophie and her brother both start as being fans of Nazism and Hitler’s rein. “Hans was an active Hitler Youth leader- all the children had been members of the movement- the most disturbing aspect of their lives had been the conflicts this had aroused with their fathers” (Dumbach 15). They did this even against their father’s wishes and beliefs. They thought that it was the right thing to do because all of the other children around them were doing this same thing. They saw it as an exciting thing to participate in. They “felt themselves a part in the rebuildings of their deeply divided and demoralized nation”(24). Before Hitler came to power, when they listened to him speak they liked what he had to say about the youth. However they ended up changing these views. “All of the Scholl children had grown disillusioned with National Socialism, and after a few tension-filled years, the family was reconciled” (Dumbach 15). They do this because “their family stood posed against a regime that was making increasing inroads into the peace and autonomy of their lives”(15). Also Hans was appalled by the rules that the Hitler Youth had in place. “[A]n early confrontation that raised within him doubts about the organization to

“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” (Anne Frank) Anne Frank was one of the many children who fell victim to the Holocaust during the World War II. Anne’s story is nothing short of a tragedy; she died at the early age of fifteen from Typhus while being held by the Nazi Regime, in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Before dying, Anne and her family went into hiding and lived secretly in her father's office building in the Netherlands. While living in the “Annex,” a secret hiding place, she developed many interests such as reading and writing. Anne is famous because she is one of the best-known victims of the Holocaust, her story has been shared with millions in a publication of her diary, and through her writing’s she introduces many people to the massacre and its horror.

Joel Wade states, “Live with courage and integrity in your everyday life...stand up boldly and unequivocally...and set the example for others to follow.” If you are courageous during conflict, it might cause others to have courage in their conflicts as well. People tend to follow the examples of those around them, so if one person is doing something other tend to copy. And not only does this have to do with the people around someone going through a conflict, but also the person on the other side of the disagreement. As mentioned earlier, Anne Frank, in her horrible situation, still doesn’t show her fear. She keeps a cheerful disposition and doesn’t act scared, and that definitely helps the attitudes of those around her (Frank 374). She doesn’t act half as scared as she should be, with the threat of her whole family being separated and killed. Back to Sophie Scholl, the girl who stood up for what she believed in despite the consequences. An article describing her and her group says, “The leaflet caused a tremendous stir among the student body. It was the first time that internal dissent against the Nazi regime had surfaced in Germany...Students at the University of Hamburg began copying and distributing them”(Hornberger). Sophie and her group, The White Rose, were the first to publically denounce the Nazis, and their bravery and courage led other people to join in the revolt and express

Hitler used many tactics to control German society during the Nazi era; his outlook on how women should act is embodied in the Speech to the National Socialist Women’s Association. The speech was given by Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, the organization’s leader, with the intent to convince women to take their place in Hitler’s Nazi movement. The emphasis on women’s natural roles in the home, as mothers and wives, and the discouragement of women’s right are manifested in the persuasive language of national identity and involvement. Hitler uses Scholtz-Klink to fight for the minds of German women in a speech that asks for feminist ideals to be cast aside all for the good of the country.

In 1939, Germany began to invade a few countries, and in 1940, the Tripartite Pact, unifying Germany, Japan, and Italy, was signed. Also in 1940, Holland was invaded, which is where the inspirational story of Anne Frank comes in. Though only one of over 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust, her story is one that we can all relate to. She is the same age as many of the students that should be taught about the Holocaust, and her age is not her only aspect that we can relate to. Over 30 million copies have been sold, and she has touched the lives of millions of poeple by teaching us the sheer terror they wer licing in, the isolation, and the desperate longing for the war to be over.

Lisa grew from being uninformed, childish, and anxious into an curious, self-discipline, and showed perseverance and showed great valiance. This changed her from the clumsy thirteen year old girl into the sixteen year old freedom fighter that saved the lives of thousands. Lisa finally learned that she could be that one person that changed the outcome of the war. At the beginning Lisa immediately wanted to join in on the war and help fight. She wasn’t ready and struggled with things that held her back. She fought with these things and become what she was then. In the historical fiction “Lisa” Carol Matas has shown that war changes you and mold you. For the better or for the worst. Lisa didn't realize exactly what was going to happen to her. After the events of death and rebellion she saw she had to adapt to the horrible circumstances she faced. Lisa ws molded like a vessel and the potter was the Germans. She was being molded in the way that she had to grow up fast. She had to help raise Sarah in a time of hell. Lisa saw people die and fall under the hand of Germans. She hated them and this molded her into becoming that great leader. The leader of the nation which was being burned to the ground. She was the saviour of the Danish Jews. Lisa was an truly amazing and awe inspiring person. She really was the face of the Jews. Lisa was brave and courageous. I know that lots of people in the circumstances that she was in would cave in. I would, but Lisa pushed through it and helped thousands and saved a great

In the book Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich by Alison Owings, we are provided with plenty of women who describe their lives before, during and after Hitler received power. This book provides us with different views of the time era and as well as how the impact of Hitler affected every woman differently through social class, age, marital status and etc. This paper will explore the lives of three German women who seem to be in the Grey area during the over control of Hitler but mostly with the killings of the Jews. This paper will further explore the complicity and the different levels of resistance that these three women had during this time era which is 1933-1945. The three women that will be discussed in this paper are Margarete (Margrit) Fischer, Ellen Frey, and Christine (Tini) Weihs. When looking into the lives of all three women these women it seems as though women didn’t have much of a responsibility for the events that were happening around them. Although these women seemed to be complaint to a certain degree with the events there were going on around them. These women would have been complaint due to the fear of what happened to Germans when they stood against the events that took part.

Early Life 1929 the 12th of June, a child is born, and that child is Annelies ‘‘Anne’’ Marie Frank. Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who grew up during WW2 and the Holocaust. Throughout her childhood, her and her father Otto, her mother Edith, and her older sister Margot, lived generally carefree lives in the German city, Frankfurt am Main. Growing up she was raised as a liberal Jew, and her and her family typically didn’t follow all customs and traditions of Judaism, the religion that Jewish people followed. When Anne was born, the family lived in an apartment like building called Marbachweg 307, where they rented out two floors. In 1931 when Anne was around the age of three, they moved into Ganghoferstrasse 24 in a modern, liberal area called Dichterviertel. When Hitler began his reign in 1933 the Frank family had moved out of fear of their lives, and were among the 30 000 Jews who had managed to escape Germany. When the family moved to Amsterdam, Anne and Margot were immediately enrolled in school. Margot was enrolled in public school, while Anne was enrolled in a Montessori school, a type of education focused mainly on observation of the child. During her years at her Montessori school Anne showed great aptitude for writing, and her friend Hanneli Goslar even recalls Anne writing a lot when they were younger, though she never let anyone read her writing and would shield it with her hands and refuse to tell anyone about it. In 1940 when Germany invaded the Netherlands, Otto

Propaganda was also one of the main methods that helped the Nazi Party to gain power.

Women in Nazi Germany is based upon the Nazi regime’s attitudes, policies, and ideologies concerning the role of women in the public and private sphere. Stephenson argues that the women of Nazi Germany should be studied in depth, including the support they gave to the regime, the treatment they received, and the different roles they played. However, she argues they should not be studied separately from the other happenings at the time, but instead, they should be incorporated into the history just as the men are. This book reviews their roles, functions, and how they were controlled by the Nazi leadership, and also their lives in pre-Nazi Germany.

The white rose society were some of the first ones to start this revolt against hitler. Alexander Schmorell and Hans Scholl , both of whom were studying medicine, were the first LMU students to consider mounting an active campaign of resistance against the Nazi regime. Within two weeks, between the 27 June and 12 July 1942, they wrote, printed and distributed the first four “White Rose” protest

After years of mandatory national service, both Hans and Sophie found themselves attending the University of Munich. Because Hans had started going to the school a few years before Sophie joined him, he already had a group of friends that shared the same beliefs as him and his sister, so Sophie easily befriended them as well. Together they discussed the ugliness of war and Hitler’s actions. In time they came to believe that they should do more than just talk about their ideas and actually start acting upon them. The group decided to print and hand out leaflets calling resistance to Hitler, and began calling themselves the White Rose. Some of the members were Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, and even a philosophy professor at the university named Kurt Huber (“Hans Scholl”).

The Nazi party taught children to be obedience and to be able to make any sacrifice to save the country.

When Sophie was twelve years old, she joined the League of German Girls. This was a “pseudo-Nazi organization” (Pettinger). These organizations, called Hitler Youth Organizations, “trained and educated” German teenagers to become “loyal followers of the Nazi Party” (Zapotczny). Initially, Sophie excelled in the League of German Girls. She enjoyed the activities and was even promoted to a leadership position. However, Sophie eventually became skeptical about the organization she was in (Pettinger). As was typical