# We Will Not Be Silent

**Author:** Russell Freedman
**Grade range:** Grades 4–10
**First published:** 2016
**Page count:** 119
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780544826588`
**ISBN-10:** `0544826582`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/we-will-not-be-silent
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A "thorough and accessible" history of the German student resistance movement that took a stand against Hitler and the Nazis ( Kirkus , starred review). "Thoroughly researched, with numerous archival photos, this well-told story of the White Rose opposition unfolds chronologically and with building suspense." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Sibert Honor Book We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace. The White Rose was a group of students in Nazi Germany, appalled by Adolph Hitler's mass slaughter of German citizens and determined to resist his regime at any cost. Its members included Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, who had been loyal members of Hitler Youth as children but came to doubt the humanity and integrity of their leade

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