White Rose and Other Nazi Resistance Groups

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During the time of the Holocaust World War I had just ended a few years prior. The moral of the Germans were very low since they had to take the blame for starting the war. Consequently, they had to pay for the vast majority of the damages caused by the war. This then leads them to become in a deep financial depression and they needed help fixing the damage this had caused them and didn't have a good leader to turn to. This was Hitler’s chance to gain his power while the Germans were vulnerable. They needed a scapegoat to blame their problems for this and they used the Jews. He devised a plan and this was known as the final solution. All of us should have learned about the Holocaust in History class. We learned about how it was easy for Hitler to gain power and how easily the Germans followed commands from him or the Nazis. What we didn't learn however, is that not all Germans put blinders on to what Hitler was doing and fewer were brave enough to stand up to or speak out against him. Some of these brave souls were known as the White Rose group and could careless of what the consequences were; they felt that they shouldn't just stand back and let Hitler commit these heinous crimes and others should follow their lead and stand up for what was right. Although they weren't able to accomplish their goals completely, they did try to make a difference and get the Germans to open their eyes and speak out; they showed that not all Germans were completely blinded by Hitler and weren't afraid to stand up for what was right. If more Germans had spoken up, the final solution might never have happened.
Who Were the White Rose?:
Hans and Sophie both came from your typical German families. However the group had all grown up in homes that were ...

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... ended differently; the final solution would have never been a solution.

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