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2 unusual facts about Sophie Scholl


Gudrun Veronika Kugler

Todestag von Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst München 2003 ; European Youth Alliance: Helden der Menschenwürde : Texte zum Symposium im Gedenken an die Widerstandsgruppe „Weisse Rose“ zum 60.

Whitney North Seymour, Jr.

In 2008, Seymour, his wife Catryna, and their daughters Tryntje and Gabriel wrote a play about Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie Scholl, and their role in the White Rose.


Hans and Sophie Scholl

Hans and Sophie Scholl, often referred to in German as die Geschwister Scholl (literally: 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.

Inge Scholl

Inge Aicher Scholl (August 11, 1917 – September 4, 1998), born in present-day Crailsheim, was the daughter of Robert Scholl, the mayor of Forchtenberg, and was the 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.

Otl Aicher

Aicher was a classmate and friend of Werner Scholl, and through him met Werner's family, including his siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl, both of whom would be executed in 1943 for their membership in the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany.


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Forchtenberg

The father of Hans and Sophie Scholl, Robert Scholl, served as mayor in Forchtenberg from 1919 to 1929 where both children spent most of their childhood.