Both of them [Willi Graf and Anneliese Graf] returned home around midnight, at which time they were taken into custody, and were transported by automobile to this State Police Headquarters and placed in jail. Continue reading
Daily Archives: February 18, 1943
Schmauβ re arrest of the Graf siblings
Schmauβ: Late on the evening of February 18, 1943, the student Wilhelm Graf and his sister Anneliese Graf were taken into temporary custody as acquaintances of the Scholl siblings, with regards to suspicion of complicity in the treasonous intrigues of the Scholl siblings.
Source: ZC13267, Schmauβ’s February 20, 1943 report.
Willi Graf arrested
When I got home shortly before midnight, I was apprehended by the police officials who were already there.
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Source: Fourth interrogation of Willi Graf, February 26, 1943
Alexander Schmorell on the run (Thursday)
There was nothing left for me to do but leave Munich. That Thursday, I roamed aimlessly around Munich and did not dare go home. In the end, I spent the night in the English Gardens.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
Attempt to decipher Leaflet VII
Text of a Document [Note 1]
Of the Draft of a Leaflet found on February 18, 1943. Continue reading
Gisela goes into hiding
After that interrogation when I was released from custody, I spent the following three days in my room. I did not try to make contact with anyone who could have been connected in any way to the matter. Continue reading
Gisela seeks atonement for treason
When the unfortunate events occurred and Hans Scholl was arrested, I finally came to my senses for the first time. I then tried to get out of this atmosphere. I decided I no longer wanted to study [at the university], because I did not want to be around [male] students any longer. Continue reading
Gestapo searches Willi Graf’s room
As ordered, police deputies Grimm and Müller undertook a search of the residence of both of the above-named on February 18, 1943 around 10 pm. The search took place at Mandl Str. 1, Second Floor, c/o Lösch-Berrsche, each one room; object of the search was seditious documents etc. Documents of a seditious nature could not be found. The search yielded the following items, which were seized: Continue reading
Second interrogation of Hans Scholl
Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters, Munich
Vol. No. II A/Sond./Mah. [Mahler] – Munich, February 18, 1943
Hans, Fritz Scholl Continue reading
Continuation of Schertling interrogation
Continuation of the above interrogation: [Note 1]
This morning I saw Scholl being led from the university. I was standing at the exit. He was led past me, about half a meter [1-1/2 feet] away. He saw me and called out to me: Alex is at home! Tell him I won’t be there this evening! Continue reading
Metternich statement
II A-So. Schm [Schmauβ] – Munich, February 18, 1943
I. Interrogation.
As he was released from custody, Count Wolff Metternich, born October 19, 1916 in Eupen, now residing in Munich at Maximiliansplatz 18, made the following statement: Continue reading
Gisela Schertling’s initial interrogation
Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters Munich Continue reading
Gisela’s feelings during initial interrogation
During my first interrogation, I completely did what Hans Scholl instructed me to do, that is, that in the case of a police interrogation, I was not allowed to say anything. I was completely under Hans’ influence. His orders were binding on me.
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Gisela’s reasons for lying to Gestapo
Hans Scholl probably did not tell the other participants that I knew about their activities. I assume this because Hans Scholl later told me expressly that in case I should ever be interrogated by the police, I should not deter from my statements that I knew nothing about the matter and that I knew nothing about it at all. I should not say anything under any circumstance. Continue reading
Preliminary expert opinion: Erika typewriter
State Criminal Police – Munich, February 18, 1943
City Police Headquarters Munich
Crime Lab
1. Preliminary Expert Opinion. Continue reading
Harder’s second profile
Copy.
Professor Harder – Munich 22, February 18, 1943
Ludwig Str. 14, 1st staircase
Confidential.
After two leaflets (A and B) were submitted to me yesterday, I received four additional leaflets (Leaflets of the White Rose No. I – IV) today. I will designate these with the letters C – F and once again use line numbers. In addition I have been advised that it has been proven through technical means that the author of A B is identical to the author of C – F. Continue reading
Schmauβ re Aicher and Schertling
Schmauβ: Additional acquaintances of the Scholl siblings – the student Gisela Schertling and the pupil Otto Aicher – were likewise taken into temporary custody. However, both of them were later released, since a criminal offense could not be linked to either of them.
Source: ZC13267, Schmauβ’s report dated February 20, 1943.
First interrogation of Sophie Scholl
Secret State Police [Gestapo] [Note 1]
State Police Headquarters Continue reading
Metternich search
v. Metternich was taken into temporary custody in accordance with ordinance L II and has been placed under house arrest.
KS Ammer and I carried out a joint search of the room occupied by v. Metternich and the clothing, luggage, and other objects found therein. The search was unsuccessful. Continue reading
Initial interrogation of Hans Scholl
[Note 1] Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters Continue reading
Willi Graf goes to dinner in Pasing
Following this meeting with Schmorell, I went to Pasing where I had been invited to dinner with my relatives (Captain Dr. Martin Luible, Exter Str. 19).
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Source: Fourth interrogation of Willi Graf, February 26, 1943
Lockdown lifted
After the necessary police inquiries had been made, the lockdown of the university was lifted around 4 pm. Several persons had to be held for a longer time to check out their identification papers. All of those apprehended were taken to the State Police.
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Source: Undated case summary
Alex and Willi strategize
Not suspecting a thing, I met him. Schmorell told me that he had learned that two people had been arrested that morning at the university as they were distributing leaflets. He had called the Scholls in their apartment and no one had answered. He therefore had suspected that someone had arrested Scholl and his sister. Continue reading
Alex Schmorell calls Willi Graf
That same afternoon around 3:15 pm, Schmorell called me in my residence and told me that he would like to meet me at the corner next to the Ursula Church in Schwabing about half an hour later.
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Source: Fourth interrogation of Willi Graf, February 26, 1943
Schmorell mid-afternoon
When I called Scholl around 3 p.m., an unknown man answered the phone and told me that Hans was not home. To me, this confirmed that something had to have happened to him. … Continue reading
Gestapo agent Achter’s memorandum
II E 3/Ach. [Achter] – Munich, February 18 [Note 1], 1943
/Handwritten: Illegible/ – /Handwritten: Arrest!/
Report. Continue reading
Traute eats lunch with Katharina
Later I learned that those arrested were Hans and Sophie Scholl. However, I still would not have believed that the Scholl siblings were capable of such a thing. Continue reading
Summary of initial interrogation (Scholl)
Those apprehended by the university employee were Sergeant Hans Scholl, medic, born 1918, and his sister Sophie, born in 1921. Although the university employee asserted to their face that they were the only ones who could possibly be the perpetrators, they denied it. Continue reading
Gisela Schertling taken into custody
I met two Secret State Police agents in their apartment, and they took me into temporary custody. Continue reading
Gisela Schertling taken into custody (second version)
To my surprise, I was met by two criminal policemen and brought to the State Police [Gestapo].
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Source: February 24, 1943 interrogation of Gisela Schertling
Jakob Schmid’s statement
II A-So./Schm. [Schmauβ] – Munich, February 18, 1943
Interrogation.
/Stamp: Reg/
Jakob Schmied [Note 1], Continue reading
Katharina Schüddekopf learns of arrests
I learned about the incident as such during a quiet assignment [Note 1] in the Romance [neo-Latin] seminar. [Male] students told me that leaflets had been distributed, and that in that context, two male students and 1 female student had been arrested. [Note 2] Continue reading
Gisela Schertling to Scholls’ apartment (second version)
Therefore I couldn’t do anything else but go from the university to Franz Joseph Str. 13 so I could hopefully meet up with Schmorell. Continue reading
Planned lunch with Otl Aicher
Question: Why would you drag an empty suitcase around the university?
Answer: My sister Sophie Scholl wanted to catch an express train to Ulm that left from the main train station around 12:28 or 4:30 pm. She was going to visit our parents. Continue reading
Gisela Schertling to Scholls’ apartment
I then went to the Scholls’ apartment (Franz Joseph Str. 13/1) to go to lunch with them at Kaiser Friedrich Gasthaus on Hohenzollern Str. Continue reading
Gisela Schertling leaves university building
After about half an hour, we could leave the university again after showing our ID cards.
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Source: Initial interrogation of Gisela Schertling, February 18, 1943
What Hans shouted to Gisela
The first time I saw Hans Scholl again after that was when he was being led away by police officials. I immediately knew that he had been seen while distributing leaflets at the university. Continue reading
Additional information regarding shout-out
To today’s remonstrance that the thing that Hans Scholl called out to me at the university on February 18, 1943 appears rather curious and unclear, I can state the following: Continue reading
Gisela Schertling’s version of Hans’ shout-out
This morning I saw Scholl being led from the university. I was standing at the exit. He was led past me, about half a meter [1-1/2 feet] away. He saw me and called out to me: Alex is at home! Tell him I won’t be there this evening! Continue reading
Hans Scholl’s words to Gisela Schertling
Question: Today after you were taken into custody, have you spoken with any of your acquaintances? If so, what did you talk about?
Answer: Yes. As I was being led out of the university, I ran into Gisela Schertling still inside the building. Like all the other students, she also had to wait in the university foyer until the university was re-opened. I told her these exact words: “Go home and tell Alex, if he’s there, he should not wait for me.” Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 