In June 1942, a group group of students, direct witnesses of Germany's crimes in Poland, decided to create a movement to spread the truth and sabotage the lies of the Third Reich regime. Inspired by the sermons of August Von Galen, bishop of Münster and staunch opponent of Nazism, they decided to write and distribute pamphlets showing Nazi crimes and defeats in the war. The group consisted of Hans Scholl (23 years old), a medical student at the University of Munich, his sister Sophie (21 years old), a student of Philosophy and Biology, and other students at the same University: Alexander Schmorell (24 years old), Willi Graf (23 years old) and Christoph Probst (22 years old). They soon found an intellectual mentor , Kurt Huber (48 years old), a professor at Philosophy and a passionate believer in liberal democracy. Sophie was the youngest of the group and, like the others, she was aware that going against the regime - even if her weapon was her word - was classified as a crime of high treason. For that crime there was only one penalty: the death sentence; but her convictions were firm, as can be deduced from the phrases with which she concluded her manifestos: "We will not remain silent" or "We are your conscience. The White Rose will not leave them in peace".

In the face of adversity, there are two attitudes: to let oneself be crushed or to take advantage of it to give the best of oneself. And Sophie made her choice final on February 18, 1943. On that day, she and Hans left several packets of leaflets in the corridors of the University. As they were about to leave, Sophie saw that there were still a few copies left in her purse. She went to the top of one of the stairs and threw them down, not realizing that Jakob Schmid, the maintenance man, was watching her. Schmid immediately locked the doors of School and reported the incident to the authorities. The brothers were arrested and taken to Wittelsbach Palace, the Gestapo headquarters, where Christoph Probst was also arrested shortly afterwards. They were interrogated for several days, but refused to implicate the other members of group. Throughout this harsh episode, Sophie did not hesitate: her faith in God and in the Truth, her denunciation of injustice, the defense of her conscience and her unconditional support for her brother did not cause her to waver at any moment, to the helplessness of trainer Robert Mohr, who could not help but admire her nobility.

The trial against the members of the White Rose was a farce. The person in charge of conducting the trial, Roland Freisler, was a lawyer, military man, politician and president of one of the darkest instruments of Nazi terror: the People's Court. He came from Berlin expressly for this case and acted more like a prosecutor than a judge. After a three-hour trial, the judge passed sentence: "Guilty of high treason. Death penalty. Freisler stipulated that it be by decapitation, and, only a few hours after the sentence was passed, on the evening of February 22, 1943, the executions were carried out.

In the brief hours between her sentencing and her execution, Sophie wrote several letters. One to her parents, Robert and Magdalene, present at the trial, broken with grief but proud of their children. In the letter she thanked them for the love they had always received and asked forgiveness for the suffering she was causing them. She also wrote to her fiancé Fritz, with the pen of a young girl in love who keeps her conscience intact: "I have resisted Hitler because I am not able to accept his manipulation of people. Today is my last day. Some day Germany will be free, my love. I love you".

Today Sophie Sholl's name is synonymous with the struggle for freedom, and many streets, parks, avenues and schools in Germany are named after her and recall the White Rose movement. There is also a literary award in her honor, the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis. All this to remember those young people who, in Sophie's words, had "good will for good".