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The secret student resistance to Hitler - Iseult Gillespie

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In 1943, Allied aircraft rained tens of thousands of leaflets on Nazi Germany below. The leaflets urged readers to renounce Hitler, to fight furiously for the future— and to never give up hope. Their call to action rippled through homes and businesses— and their message even reached concentration camps. They were signed: the White Rose. Iseult Gillespie details the story of the resistance group.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Iseult Gillespie
Director
WOW-HOW Studio
Narrator
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Producer
Tatiana Koroleva, Daria Kachan , Marina Vasilieva
Animator
Elmar Aleskerov, Pavel Cherviakov, Andrei Dudko, Dmitrii Zakharchuk, Kseniia Meleschuk, Anastasiia Novikova, Kirill Novikov
Storyboard Artist
Elmar Aleskerov
Illustrator
Elmar Aleskerov, Egor Krivopusk, Kate Evseieva, Nikita Bondarenko, Denis Iakovenko
Art Director
Victor Zhuravliov
Music
Cem Misirlioglu
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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