Film screening and panel discussion of Sophie Scholl; The Final Days

The German Studies Program of Florida State College

invites you to a film screening and

panel discussion of

Sophie Scholl; The Final Days

This Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film recounts the

true story of Germany¹s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to

thrilling life in the multi-award winning drama. Armed with long-buried

historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly

re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl¹s life: a heart-stopping

journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence.

This film has not been rated by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of

America)

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

05:30-08:30 PM

Five Points Theatre

1028 Park Street

Jacksonville, FL 32204-3908

(904) 359-0047

This event is free and open to the public

The panel will include:

Melanie Engel, Adjunct Professor of German Studies, Florida State College

Charles Closman, Assistant Professor of History, University of North

Florida

Dirk Wendtorf, Professor of German Studies, Florida State College

The panel will provide a short survey of the history of German resistance

against the Third Reich and discuss the significance these courageous

acts hold for us in the contemporary society.