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The White Rose (German: Weiße Rose, pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯sə ˈʁoːzə] ⓘ) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl. The group conducted an ...
Alexander Schmorell [a] (16 September [ O.S. 3 September] 1917 – 13 July 1943) was a Russian - German student at Munich University who, with five others, formed a resistance group (part of the Widerstand) known as White Rose ( German: Weiße Rose) which was active against the Nazi German regime from June 1942 to February 1943. [1]
Hans Scholl. / 48.097344; 11.59949. Hans Fritz Scholl ( German: [hans ʃɔl] ⓘ; 22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. [1] The principal author of the resistance movement's literature, he was found guilty of high ...
The latter were organised in the White Rose group, which was centered in Munich but had connections in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Vienna. Official manifesto of NKFD (note the flag of the German Empire) In the spring of 1942, they launched an anti-Nazi campaign of handbills in and around the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
Inge Scholl. Inge Aicher-Scholl (11 August 1917 – 4 September 1998), born in present-day Crailsheim, Germany, was the daughter of Robert Scholl, mayor of Forchtenberg, and elder sister of Hans and Sophie Scholl, who studied at the University of Munich in 1942, and were core members of the White Rose student resistance movement in Nazi Germany.
Stolze repeated the role in Michael Verhoeven's Die Weiße Rose (The White Rose, 1982). In an interview, Stolze said that playing the role was "an honour". In February 2005, a film about Scholl's last days, Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl – The Final Days), featuring Julia Jentsch in the title role, was released.
Kuchenheim, Euskirchen, Germany. Died. 12 October 1943. (1943-10-12) (aged 25) Stadelheim Prison, Giesing, Munich, Germany. Wilhelm "Willi" Graf (2 January 1918 – 12 October 1943) was a German member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. [1] The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century.
November 13, 1922. Germany. Disappeared. June 1944. Soviet Union. Known for. Younger brother of Hans and Sophie Scholl. Werner Scholl (born November 13, 1922, declared missing in action in June 1944) was the younger brother of Hans and Sophie Scholl, who are best known for their resistance to Nazism as part of the White Rose .