In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized control of Germany and transformed it into a totalitarian Fascist state bent on conquest, subjugation, and genocide. Meanwhile, German university students led by siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl formed an underground resistance movement called the White Rose, beginning a heroic campaign to distribute anonymous leaflets calling on the German people to rise up and overthrow the Nazi regime, a cause which they paid for with their lives.

Based on archival materials and the testimony of George J. Wittenstein M.D. (1919-2015)

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