Bethan Lewis from Stanwell College, winner of our Cardiff/South Wales Heat, discusses why history matters to her and the power of the story of Sophie Scholl's life.

 

Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 - 22 February 1943) was a German student, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine.