Munich, Germany —One of the more compelling true stories of wartime Germany is that of young Sophie Scholl and the organization known as the White Rose .  The White Rose was a small university based peaceful Nazi resistance organization committed to revealing the evil state secrets of the Third Reich .  They exposed the cruel murders of mentally ill children, Jews and prisoners of war.  They did so by writing, printing distributing leaflets exposing the shameful Nazi crimes.  In 1943 Sophie, her brother Hans Scholl and a friend, Christoph Probst were caught in the act of distributing hundreds of leaflets at the University in Munich.  They were arrested, tried convicted and executed for treason.  Eventually four other members were executed too and others imprisoned.  What makes Sophie special was that she fought tyranny and demanded that she not be treated better than her brother and friend Christoph.  The young trio were allbeheaded ...

Sophie Scholl, 21 a German Citizen Murdered Under color of law by The Nazis Los, Angeles, CA —One of my favorite films is Valkyrie with Tom Cruise playing would be Hitler assassin, Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg .   It was filmed in many authentic locations with a terrific cast and crew.   The finished product film told the exciting and heroic story very well.  It was made by boyhood pals, Director Brian Singer and Co-Writer and Producer Christopher McQuarie .   When the Blu-Ray disk came out the extras were really exceptional.  It contained a compelling documentary where actual resistance members and their families told the history of brave Germans trying to bring down the Nazi regime.   It’s a part of World War Two history that has been largely ignored especially here in America.   At Berlin’s Bendlerblock Resistance Museum there is a never-ending well-documented supply of stories fit for many riveting films. That Bendler...