On February 22, 1943 three Munich university students were executed by the Nazis. Their “crime” had been their involvement in a resistance circle known as the “White Rose” (die Weiße Rose), a group that secretly wrote, printed and disseminated anti-Nazi pamphlets, calling on Germans to resist Hitler and bring about an end to World War II. The White Rose circle included a wide network of individuals who helped to spread the pamphlets and support the resistance. At its heart were five students and an academic in Munich: Hans Scholl (1918-1943), Sophie Scholl (1921-1943), Alexander Schmorell (1917-1943), Christoph Probst (1919-1943), Willi Graf (1918-1943) and Prof Kurt Huber (1893-1943).
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Defying Hitler: the Faith of the White Rose circle
on february 22, 1943 three munich university students were executed by the nazis. their “crime” had been their involvement in a resistance c...
Alexandra Lloyd
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