Hans and Sophie Scholl: German Resisters of the White Rose (Holocaust Biographies (Nonfiction)) - Softcover

Axelrod, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1562544519 ISBN 13: 9781562544515

Publisher: Saddleback Pub, 2000

Synopsis

A true story of how several students and their teachers believed that the war started by Hitler was wrong and that the racist dictatorship had to be toppled. Gradually, they came together as a small and secret opposition group. They decided to act in order to realize their goals. Eventually, many of them paid with their lives.

About this title

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-These books examine the lives of three people who were involved in the Nazi war on civilians during World War II. The Scholls were German siblings who helped to organize and lead the German resistance group called the White Rose. With other brave college friends, they secretly printed and disseminated a series of leaflets exposing the aims and evils of the Nazi government, resulting in their arrest, execution, and martyrdom. Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who managed to mobilize Swedish resources to salvage the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews only to be arrested as a spy by the Soviet occupation forces and sent off to Siberia, never to be seen again. His plight and his story earned an international audience only after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990. Because of their size and readability, these titles on compelling subjects will be useful in most collections.
Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Because of their size and readability, these titles on compelling subjects will be useful in most collections."

." . . a work of distinction. Worthwhile additions to Holocaust biographies."

About this edition

• Publisher: Saddleback Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1562544519
• ISBN 13: 9781562544515
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112