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| | The White Rose: Dissent and Justice in Wartime Germany (December 2001) |
 | | Thus, Hans and Sophie and several of their friends began surreptitiously publishing a series of essays entitled "The White Rose", which questioned, criticized, and opposed Hitler, the Nazi regime, the German war effort, and the concentration camps. |
 | | When the Scholls’ mother tried to enter the courtroom, she told the guard, "I’m the mother of two of the accused." The guard responded, "You should have brought them up better." When their father tried to force his way into the courtroom, he was seized and forcibly escorted outside. |
 | | Since appeals to higher courts were not permitted, Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst were led to the guillotine on the afternoon of the verdict. |
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