"Ihr Widerstand speist sich ganz wesentlich aus jugendlicher Sehnsucht nach Menschlichkeit, aus jugendlicher Leidenschaft für Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit. Das läßt die Geschwister Scholl und die anderen auch über die Zeitdistanz von 60 Jahren uns so nahe, so lebendig sein."
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Über Hans und Sophie Scholl, Rede des Bundestagspräsidenten Wolfgang Thierse bei der Gedenkveranstaltung der Stiftung "Weiße Rose" am 18.02.2003 in München
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