Learn about the relatively unknown and sometimes forgotten heroes who often gave their lives in order to fight against the German dictator’s brutal Nazi regime.
This presentation looks at the relatively unknown and sometimes even forgotten heroes who often gave their lives in order to fight against the German dictator’s brutal Nazi regime. German Historian Anette Isaacs pays homage to Sophie and Hans Scholl, Georg Elser, Baron von Stauffenberg, the women of Rosenstrasse, and other groups who made up the German Resistance.
Armchair Travels is generously funded with a gift from the Rutherford Family Trust. This program will not be recorded.
Photo: Siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl of the White Rose Resistance.
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