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May 9, 2021 · Getty Images. This photo shows Hans and Sophie Scholl as students in around 1940. Her father, an ardent critic of Hitler, was by all accounts horrified by their initial enthusiasm. And the...
Hans and Sophie Scholl, often referred to in German as die Geschwister Scholl (the Scholl siblings), were a brother and sister who were members of the White Rose, a student group in Munich that was active in the non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany, especially in distributing flyers against the war and the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
Early life. Scholl was the daughter of Magdalena (née Müller) and Robert Scholl, a liberal politician and ardent Nazi critic, who was the mayor of her home town of Forchtenberg am Kocher in the Free People's State of Württemberg at the time of her birth. She was the fourth of six children: Inge Aicher-Scholl (1917–1998) [3][4][5]
Getty Images. This photo shows Hans and Sophie Scholl as students in around 1940. Her father, an ardent critic of Hitler, was by all accounts horrified by their initial enthusiasm. And the...
Hans and Sophie each also asked individually to be allowed into the Catholic Church, but their Lutheran priest advised against it, on the basis that it would upset their mother, who was a devout Lutheran. [9] At around 4-5 pm, Robert and Magdalena Scholl, the parents of Sophie and Hans, went to the prison and demanded to see their children.
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement, while less known to Americans, is a powerful example of youthful resistance to the Nazi Regime.
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Feb 17, 2023 · Hans was 24 and Probst 23; Sophie was 21. Today, the Scholls are celebrated for their pivotal role as members of the White Rose, a small, clandestine, anti-Nazi resistance group. They joined...
