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The Scholl siblings were raised by liberal thinking parents. For example, their father was a vehement critic of the Nazi ideology and his opposition to the regime surely influenced Sophie as well as helping her to shape her independant mind. She also loved to read and soon developped an interest in philosophy. She once contacted a philosopher, Theodor Haecker, who posed questions on the behaviour one shoud adopt under a totalitarian regime. Also, Carl Muth, a religious man and writer publisher, can also be considered as a major influence figure, as he drew the Scholl siblings attention to the crimes comitted against the Jews. Sophie's lutheran faith also reinforced her notion of good and wrong, of equality, justice for all and of respect for

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