Hans Scholl

For the astronomer, see Hans Scholl (astronomer)

Hans Scholl (22 September 1918 - 22 February 1943) was a member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany.

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Hans Scholl (left) in 1942 with Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst

Hans was born in Ingersheim, a district of Crailsheim.

He, along with his sister, Sophie, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Willi Graf, and Professor Kurt Huber, wrote and distributed six leaflets denouncing Nazi actions in Europe and calling on the German people to resist what their government was doing. They distributed these leaflets in the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, where they studied, and the University in Hamburg. They also mailed the leaflets to doctors, scholars, and pub owners across Germany, trying to spread the message as far as possible.

Hans and his sister were discovered on 18 February 1943 while distributing the sixth leaflet in Munich. They flung the leaflets from the top of the atrium as students exited from their exams, and they were seen by one of the janitors, and arrested by the Gestapo. They were tried for treason along with their friend Probst, by Judge Roland Freisler, known for his predetermined "guilty" verdicts, and all three were executed only a few hours later by guillotine on 22 February 1943. Hans Scholl's last words were "Es lebe die Freiheit!" ("Long live freedom!").

Shortly thereafter, most of the other students involved were arrested and executed as well.

References

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• Hans Scholl Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk Retrieved December 7, 2007.
• Scholl, Hans, Inge Jens, and Sophie Scholl. 1987. At the Heart of the White Rose: letters and diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0060157054
• Axelrod, Toby. 2001. Hans and Sophie Scholl: German Resisters of the White Rose. Holocaust biographies. New York: Rosen Pub. Group. ISBN 0823933164
• Flynn, Adrian. 2007. The White Rose and the Swastika. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198321026

External links

• Hornberger, Jacob G. The White Rose: A Lesson in Dissent Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
• The White Rose Shoaheducation.com. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
• Hans Scholl Jlrweb.com. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
• Text of leaflets in English and German Jlrweb.com. Retrieved December 7, 2007.

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