Zitate von Sophie Scholl

„Was wir sagten und schrieben, denken ja so viele. Nur wagen sie nicht, es auszusprechen.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Einer musste ja schließlich damit anfangen.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Steh zu den Dingen, an die du glaubst. Auch, wenn du alleine dort stehst.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Die Sonne scheint noch.“

—  Sophie Scholl

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„Das Gesetz ändert sich. Das Gewissen nicht.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Ich kann es nicht begreifen, daß nun dauernd Menschen in Lebensgefahr gebracht werden von anderen Menschen. Ich kann es nie begreifen und ich finde es entsetzlich. Sag nicht, es ist für´s Vaterland.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Ich drücke mein Gesicht an seine dunkle, warme Rinde und spüre Heimat – und bin so unsäglich dankbar in diesem Augenblick.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Es war unsere Überzeugung, dass der Krieg für Deutschland verloren ist, und dass jedes Menschenleben, das für diesen verlorenen Krieg geopfert wird, umsonst ist.“

—  Sophie Scholl

Auszüge aus den Verhörprotokollen, Februar 1943; Bundesarchiv Berlin, ZC 13267, Bd. 1 Online unter bpb.de http://www.bpb.de/themen/5H3ZT3,1,0,Ausz%FCge_aus_den_Verh%F6rprotokollen_von_Sophie_Scholl.html#art1

„Es heißt, ich hätte sehr unsolid getanzt. Aber es reut mich nichts, dazu war mir der Abend viel zu nett.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„„Der wirkliche Schaden geschieht durch jene Millionen die „überleben“ wollen. Die ehrlichen Männer die nur in Ruhe gelassen werden wollen. Jene die ihre kleinen Leben nicht durch etwas Größeres als sie selbst gestört haben wollen. Jene ohne Seiten und ohne Gründe.““

—  Sophie Scholl

„Ich für meine Person will mit dem Nationalsozialismus nichts zu tun haben.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„Manchmal graut mir vor dem Krieg, und alle Hoffnung will mir vergehen. Ich mag gar nicht dran denken, aber es gibt ja bald nichts anderes mehr als Politik, und solange sie so verworren ist und böse, ist es feige, sich von ihr abzuwenden.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„So ein herrlicher Tag, und ich soll gehen. Aber was liegt an unserem Leben, wenn wir es damit schaffen, Tausende von Menschen aufzurütteln und wachzurütteln.“

—  Sophie Scholl

„How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?“

—  Sophie Scholl

As quoted in Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (1998) by Johann Christoph Arnold, p. 155
Kontext: Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided. Yet time and time again one hears it said that since we have been put into a conflicting world, we have to adapt to it. Oddly, this completely unchristian idea is most often espoused by so-called Christians, of all people. How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?

„I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.“

—  Sophie Scholl

Response to the closing question of whether she hadn't "indeed come to the conclusion that your conduct and the actions along with your brother and other persons in the present phase of the war should be seen as a crime against the community, but in particular against our troops fighting arduously in the east, that merits the severest sentence?" in the official examination transcripts (February 1943); Bundesarchiv Berlin, ZC 13267, Bd. 3 http://www.bpb.de/themen/5H3ZT3,3,0,Ausz%FCge_aus_den_Verh%F6rprotokollen_von_Sophie_Scholl.html#art3

„Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.“

—  Sophie Scholl

Statement to the Volksgerichtshof [People's Court] of Judge Roland Freisler (21 February 1943).

„It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe.“

—  Sophie Scholl

As quoted in O₂ : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, p. 63; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. It is also used in <i> The White Rose </i> (1991) by Lillian Garrett-Groag, a monologue during Sophie's interrogation.
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Kontext: The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.

„The Sun still shines.“

—  Sophie Scholl

Die Sonne scheint noch.
These were her last words as depicted in the film, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (2005) http://www.sophieschollmovie.com/, which was heavily based on Gestapo documents that were in East German archives and not released until 1990. Her last words have also been reported as "God, you are my refuge into eternity" or sometimes "Your heads will fall as well" but there is dispute over whether Sophie or her brother Hans had said this. Hans' last words have been reported as having been Es lebe die Freiheit! ["Long Live Freedom!"]
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„Such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go. But how many have to die on the battlefield in these days, how many young, promising lives… What does my death matter if by our acts thousands are warned and alerted. Among the student body there will certainly be a revolt.“

—  Sophie Scholl

As quoted by Else Gebel, in letter to Robert Scholl (November, 1946). Original German text. http://www.mythoselser.de/texts/scholl-gebel.htm