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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The secret student resistance to Hitler
Unscramble the Blue Letters
In 1943 Allied aircraft swooped over Nazi Germany, raining tens of thousands of leaflets on people below. Written by amuynnoos Germans, the leaflets urged readers to renounce heiltr, to fight foilsuury for the future— and to never give up hope.
Their call to action rppleid through homes and businesses— and news of their message even reached concentration camps and prisons. It was only after the war had ended that the authors’ iteneiidts, seirtos, and tragic fate would come to light.
When Hitler seized power 10 years earlier, Hans and Sophie Scholl were teenagers in the town of Forchtenberg. At that time, fear, propaganda, and surveillance kept all aspects of life for the slchol family and millnois of other Germans under Nazi crnotol.
Open Cloze
In 1943 Allied aircraft swooped over Nazi Germany, raining tens of thousands of leaflets on people below. Written by _________ Germans, the leaflets urged readers to renounce ______, to fight _________ for the future— and to never give up hope.
Their call to action _______ through homes and businesses— and news of their message even reached concentration camps and prisons. It was only after the war had ended that the authors’ __________, _______, and tragic fate would come to light.
When Hitler seized power 10 years earlier, Hans and Sophie Scholl were teenagers in the town of Forchtenberg. At that time, fear, propaganda, and surveillance kept all aspects of life for the ______ family and ________ of other Germans under Nazi _______.
Solution
- millions
- control
- stories
- rippled
- furiously
- hitler
- anonymous
- identities
- scholl
Original Text
In 1943 Allied aircraft swooped over Nazi Germany, raining tens of thousands of leaflets on people below. Written by anonymous Germans, 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 news of their message even reached concentration camps and prisons. It was only after the war had ended that the authors’ identities, stories, and tragic fate would come to light.
When Hitler seized power 10 years earlier, Hans and Sophie Scholl were teenagers in the town of Forchtenberg. At that time, fear, propaganda, and surveillance kept all aspects of life for the Scholl family and millions of other Germans under Nazi control.
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