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Somebody had to make a start

Feb. 18 marks the 65th anniversary of the Gestapo arrest of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose in 1943. Then, on Feb. 22, their swift beheading after a show trial in Munich by Hitler\'s \"Hanging Judge,\" Roland Freisler, who reviled them for daring to call their countrymen to action in the face of Nazi Germany\'s suspension of all civil rights and its mass murder of Europe\'s Jews.
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February 15, 2008

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