The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany led by students at the University of Munich, including siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl. They wrote and distributed six leaflets calling for active opposition to the Nazi regime and an end to the war. They famously spoke out against the persecution of Jews when many others remained silent. In 1943, they were caught by the Gestapo and executed. Their final leaflet was smuggled to the Allies, who duplicated it and dropped millions of copies over Germany. Today, they are celebrated as symbols of courage and moral integrity in the face of total tyranny.