CarveHerNameFeb 22, 2023

#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany alongside her brother Hans. Hans was also killed.

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause... It is such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go.”

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #WorldWar2 @histodons

Show threadUgly Bag of Mostly WaterFeb 22, 2023
@CarveHerName @histodons
80 years later, and it's happening again 😥
Show threadMordkoFeb 22, 2023
@BendingUnit @CarveHerName @histodons yes, in Iran
Show threadUgly Bag of Mostly WaterFeb 22, 2023
@Mordko @CarveHerName @histodons
That is sad. Also in the US and elsewhere, unfortunately.
Show threadMordko
@BendingUnit @CarveHerName @histodons is that so? Who did they sentence to death for distributing anti-Nazi literature in the US?
Feb 23, 2023 at 2:37amWeb