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What would it take for you to give up everything you have, to help what you know is right? Many people throughout the course of history have come to find out how much they would give. Hans and Sophie Scholl, as well as Richard Freisler, found out how much that they would give through their work creating the White Rose pamphlets. The White Rose’s work creating pamphlets and placing their lives in danger for the sake of the Jewish people is an amazing example of why we should have the courage to do what we believe to be right. The journey of Hans and Sophie Scholl started in 1942 when their father was sent into prison for yelling, “The war! It is already lost. This Hitler is God's scourge on mankind, and if the war doesn't end soon the Russians
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