The German Resistance Group, The
White Rose, had inspired Unit 1012 to speak out against injustice. We are
strong admirers of the German Resistance against Nazism. We will post
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Monument to Hans and Sophie Scholl and the "White Rose"
(German: Die Weiße Rose) resistance movement against
the Nazi regime, in front of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Bavaria,
Germany. Monument to Hans and Sophie Scholl and the "White Rose"
(German: Die Weiße Rose) resistance movement against
the Nazi regime, in front of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Bavaria,
Germany.
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The White Rose (German: die Weiße
Rose) was
a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of
students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. The
group became known for an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign, lasting from
June 1942 until February 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf
Hitler's regime.
The six most recognized members of the
German resistance group were arrested by the Gestapo,
tried for treason and beheaded in 1943. The text of their sixth leaflet was
smuggled by Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
out of Germany through Scandinavia to the United Kingdom, and in July, 1943,
copies of it were dropped over Germany by Allied planes, retitled "The
Manifesto of the Students of Munich."
Another member, Hans Conrad Leipelt,
who helped distribute Leaflet 6 in Hamburg, was executed on 29 January 1945,
for his participation.
Today, the members of the White Rose
are honoured in Germany amongst its greatest heroes, since they opposed the
Third Reich in the face of almost certain death.
Background
Members
Members and
actions
Influences
and vision
Origin
Leaflets
Capture
and trial
Commemoration
In the
media
Quotations
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