The next morning (January 26, 1943) around 6 am, Schmorell took the express train to Vienna via Salzburg and Linz. He mailed the letters for Salzburg and Vienna in those cities, concluding in Vienna (he also mailed the letters for Frankfurt in Vienna). Continue reading
The same day, late evening, I took a fast train to Vienna, so I could mail the remainder of the leaflets. I rented a hotel room (I cannot recall the name of the hotel). … Continue reading
Mahler: According to his report, on January 26, 1943 approximately 100 – 150 leaflets were mailed in Salzburg, and 40 were turned in (“found”). The same day, approximately 100 leaflets were mailed in Linz, and 46 were turned in (“found”).
Source: ZC13267, Mahler’s report dated February 19, 1943.
Schmauβ: Publications of the same name [leaflets of the “Resistance Movement”] were posted in standard envelopes … on January 26, 1943 in Salzburg.
Source: ZC13267, Schmauβ’s report dated February 20, 1943
So we would not have to use 12-Pfennig [$0.96] postage stamps for letters to the out-of-town addresses, we decided to distribute these leaflets (some simply folded, some placed in envelopes) by taking them to the city in question for mailing. For this reason, I took the fast train from Munich to Salzburg at the end of January 1943 (the Salzburg mailing took place on January 26, 1943), carrying several hundred letters. Continue reading
The next morning (January 26, 1943) around 6 am, Schmorell took the express train to Vienna via Salzburg and Linz. He mailed the letters for Salzburg and Vienna in those cities, concluding in Vienna (he also mailed the letters for Frankfurt in Vienna). Continue reading
In conclusion, I would also like to state that I did not disseminate these leaflets solely in Munich, but also in other cities of the Reich. At the end of January 1943, I went from Munich to Salzburg with around 1500 “Leaflets of the Resistance Movement in Germany” which I had individually addressed in advance. Continue reading
It is a little different with Alexander Schmorell. This person has been – shall we say – my friend for many years. Continue reading
At the end of January 1943, he [Hans Scholl] traveled to Salzburg and mailed between 100 and 150 letters from the post office at the train station; the letters contained the leaflets he had produced. Continue reading
Question: When did Schmorell travel to Salzburg, Linz, and Vienna to take care of the propaganda mailing? When did he return? Where did he spend the night? Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 