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Sophie Scholl's Freedom Of Speech In Nazi Germany

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Freedom of speech is a widely expected liberty; as a result, this right is rarely appreciated. One only begins to acknowledge this freedom once it is no longer obtainable. This liberty was stripped by the Third Reich from the citizens of Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler was keen on restrictions because, without it, they would not “succeed in imprinting [their] idea on [the public’s] mind” (Hitler); thus, strict censorship in Nazi Germany was enforced. Those who did not abide were punished severely. A college student named Sophie Scholl despised the Nazi Regime and fought back in the form of anti-war leaflets; she was discovered distributing these leaflets, and, consequently, she was sentenced to death on February 22, 1943. At the age
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