sophie scholl

Sophie Scholl was a 21 year old girl who lead a student resistance against Adolf Hitler in the 1940s she was ultimately discovered and executed in 1943, she however did not die without a fight, her last words being "how can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give themselves up individually to a righteous cause? such a fine and sunny day and i have to go, but what does my death matter if through us thousands of people are awakened and steered into action?"