During the Second World War, in the heart of Nazi Germany, students and young people came together in secret to create and distribute leaflets inciting resistance against the Nazi regime. Sophie and her brother Hans were at the heart of the White Rose Movement, a brave and thoughtful group of young academics who sacrificed everything to let the voice of hope be heard, and who would finally pay the ultimate price.
Ethel Tolansky is former Head of French at the University of Westminster. Her research interests are Occupied France and German resistance to Hitler.