Schirer - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Sophie Scholl was handled so roughly during her interrogation by the Gestapo that she appeared in court with a broken leg. But her spirit was undimmed. To Freisler’s savage browbeating she answered calmly, ”You know as well as we do that the war is lost. Why are you so cowardly that you won’t admit it?” She hobbled on her crutches to the scaffold and died with sublime courage, as did her brother.

2023