spratmackrel
The Sun Still Shines
"Sophie Scholl was a 22 year old philosophy student at Munich University and she, her older brother Hans and his friend, Christoph were members of an anti- Nazi organisation called The White Rose. They were caught helping to distribute an anti-Nazi pamphlet in the university and were taken to Wittelsbach Palais, where they were interrogated for 4 days by they Gestapo before coming to trial on February the 22nd, 1943. They were quickly found guilty and sentenced to death. All three were guillotined by Johann Reichhart in Munich's Stadelheim prison within hours of the verdict on that same day. Sophie was taken to the guillotine first and reportedly walked to her death "without batting an eyelash". Her last words were "Die Sonne scheint noch," which translates as "The Sun still shines." She is buried in the Perlach Cemetery next to the prison" www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/nazi.html
I have posted this picture to express my horror at the support given to far-right parties in the elections to the European Parliament. I am ashamed to say that for the first time England has elected two right-wing extremists, one of them in Yorkshire where I live. The symbol of Yorkshire is also the White Rose.
The pictures of Neo-Nazi stormtroopers marching with flags in Hungary sent a shudder down my spine- Europe have you learnt nothing?
"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" Sophie Scholl.
The Sun Still Shines
"Sophie Scholl was a 22 year old philosophy student at Munich University and she, her older brother Hans and his friend, Christoph were members of an anti- Nazi organisation called The White Rose. They were caught helping to distribute an anti-Nazi pamphlet in the university and were taken to Wittelsbach Palais, where they were interrogated for 4 days by they Gestapo before coming to trial on February the 22nd, 1943. They were quickly found guilty and sentenced to death. All three were guillotined by Johann Reichhart in Munich's Stadelheim prison within hours of the verdict on that same day. Sophie was taken to the guillotine first and reportedly walked to her death "without batting an eyelash". Her last words were "Die Sonne scheint noch," which translates as "The Sun still shines." She is buried in the Perlach Cemetery next to the prison" www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/nazi.html
I have posted this picture to express my horror at the support given to far-right parties in the elections to the European Parliament. I am ashamed to say that for the first time England has elected two right-wing extremists, one of them in Yorkshire where I live. The symbol of Yorkshire is also the White Rose.
The pictures of Neo-Nazi stormtroopers marching with flags in Hungary sent a shudder down my spine- Europe have you learnt nothing?
"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" Sophie Scholl.