Alarm as German anti-maskers co-opt Nazi resister Sophie Scholl [View all]
Source: AFP
But the legacy of the young woman sentenced to a brutal death for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets has recently been co-opted by Germany's anti-lockdown movement, to the dismay of historians and the Jewish community.
At a demonstration in April, one woman had a placard featuring a picture of Sophie Scholl draped on string around her shoulders.
"The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace," it read -- words famously pronounced by the resistance campaigner.
Even one of her nephews, Julian Aicher, has prominently spoken at corona sceptic demonstrations, including on a stage decorated with white roses -- evoking the name of Scholl's resistance group.
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Hmm...add this to German call to ban 'Jewish star' at Covid demos !
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