Marc Rothemund on Sophie Scholl

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Marc Rothemund directed a documentary nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It’s about Sophie Scholl, who was arrested with her brother for distributing anti-war pamphlets in Germany after the defeat at Stalingrad during WWII.  They were both executed and are now folk heroes among German young people. Rothemund tells Steve Paulson about his research for the film and says the generation that took part in the events of the War still won’t talk about those years, but their grandchildren want to know what happened.