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Description: Photograph of a student resistance movement called the White Rose, active in Germany during the Third Reich. The image shows Christoph Probst (left), Sophie Scholl (center), and Hans Scholl (right)(Willi Graf and Alex Schmorell are missing on this picture), Munich, Germany, 1942. Photograph from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Source: The image is from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where it is on permanent display, and can be found here.

Fair use rationale: This is a historic photo with an apparently unknown or deceased photographer. The subjects were executed in 1943. The photograph has become iconic.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:51, 24 December 2007	541×370 (32 KB)	F McGady (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 14:36, 24 August 2006)
	14:50, 24 December 2007	541×370 (32 KB)	F McGady (Talk \| contribs)
	14:42, 24 December 2007	225×222 (62 KB)	F McGady (Talk \| contribs)
	14:36, 24 August 2006	541×370 (32 KB)	Ricardo A (Talk \| contribs)	(Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, executed for participation in a resistance movement against the Nazi regime through White Rose.)