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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.

While Hans and Sophie Scholl were growing up, they initially:

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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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