Request for return of typewriter

July 19, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl, Manfred Eickemeyer . Anton Mahler, Karl Pötzl, People's Court, Remington typewriter, Siegfried Deisinger

/Stamp: Sent by Registered Mail!/

Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters Munich
Account No. 6/142 with the Reichs Bank Munich Continue reading →

Freisler reads leaflets into record

April 19, 1943

CWRS Staff . Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl . 2nd trial, Freisler, Leaflet 3, Leaflet 5, Leaflet 6, leaflets, People's Court, Trial #1, verdict

The presiding judge read the verdict of the People’s Court against Scholl and 2 others dated February 22, 1943 aloud – 1H 47/43 – as well as the leaflets that had been written or distributed by the accused. However, he read only excerpts from the 4 leaflets of the “White Rose” [Note 1]. Continue reading →

Geith memo re Katharina Schüddekopf

April 8, 1943

CWRS Staff . Gestapo memorandum, Hans Scholl, Katharina Schüddekopf, Kurt Huber, Traute Lafrenz . Geith, Gmeling, musicology, philosophy, Popper, Steinsdorfer Str. 7, Theresien Str. 25, treason

Copy.

II A-Skdo/Gei. [Special Commission/Geith]

Munich, April 8, 1943 Continue reading →

Katharina Schüddekopf’s “C.V.”

March 27, 1943

CWRS Staff . Correspondence, Hans Scholl, Katharina Schüddekopf, Kurt Huber, Official (prosecutor's file), Sophie Scholl, Traute Lafrenz . Curriculum Vitae, education, freedom, friendships, history, National Socialism, philosophy, politics, treason

My political thinking and my attitudes towards the National Socialist State are conditioned by and based on the understanding of an academically educated person and on the understanding of a woman. [Note 1] Continue reading →

Gestapo memorandum in support of indictment

March 23, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Eugen Grimminger, Falk Harnack, Gestapo memorandum, Hans Hirzel, Hans Scholl, Kurt Huber, Manfred Eickemeyer, Sophie Scholl, Susanne Hirzel, Traute Lafrenz, White Rose group, Willi Graf . Anton Mahler, Elsbeth Duwenhögger, foreign radio broadcasts, Franz Josef Müller, Freiburg, graffiti, Heinrich Bollinger, Heinrich Guter, Helmut Bauer, leaflets, Peter Hirzel, Rudi Alt, Walter Hetzel, Wilhelm Geyer, Willi Bollinger

Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters Munich

Munich, March 23, 1943 Continue reading →

Anton Wagner’s statement

March 11, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl, Willi Graf, Witness statements and denunciations . Anton Wagner, plunder, Schmauß

II A/So. Munich, March 11, 1943

Interrogation

The single medical student

Anton Wagner,

born July 9, 1918 in Pipinsried, residing at Schneckenburger Str. 39 / Second Floor, Munich with his parents, was summoned, and made the following statements: Continue reading →

Eighth interrogation of Willi Graf

March 4, 1943

CWRS Staff . Eugen Grimminger, Hans Scholl, Interrogation transcripts, Willi Graf . Arnold Sommerfeld, Bergmannschule, Elfriede Maier, Frontbewährung, Janitschek, physics, politics, propaganda, Robert Mohr, Second Student Company, Werner Bergengruen

II A/So. Mo [Special Commission / Mohr]
March 4, 1943

The following person, Wilhelm Graf (personal data already known), being led forth from police custody made the following statements upon inquiry: Continue reading →

Prosecution correspondence

March 3, 1943

CWRS Staff . Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Official (prosecutor's file), Sophie Scholl . execution, Harff, People's Court, Supreme High Command, Weyersberg

8J 35/43.

1) One copy each of the announcement is to be sent to: a. The Supreme High Command of the Armed Forces, b. Reich Minister of Aviation [Note 1], c. General files. Continue reading →

Hans Scholl’s personal effects

March 3, 1943

CWRS Staff . Hans Scholl, Official (prosecutor's file) . Harff, personal effects, Robert Scholl, Stadelheim prison

Board of Governors of the Prison and Interrogation Facility
Munich – Stadelheim

Munich 9, March 3, 1943
Stadelheim Str. 12 Continue reading →

Clemency telegram forwarded to Berlin

March 2, 1943

CWRS Staff . Hans Scholl, Official (prosecutor's file), Sophie Scholl . clemency, Fritz Hartnagel, People's Court, treason

Attorney General’s Office
[Illegible] 4524

Munich, March 2, 1943
Prielmayr Str. 5
Telephone: Local exchanges 5791, long distance 57801 Continue reading →

Traute discusses interrogation with Katharina

March 1, 1943

CWRS Staff . Gisela Schertling, Hans Scholl, Katharina Schüddekopf, Kurt Huber, Traute Lafrenz . Carl Muth

On March 1 or March 3, 1943 in the afternoon, I met Lafrenz once again. I do not remember whether it was in my apartment or in hers. Continue reading →

Gisela’s mother comes to Munich

March 1, 1943

CWRS Staff . Gisela Schertling, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, White Rose group . Lotte Pressler, Uta Schertling

On March 1, 1943, Mrs. Schertling came to Munich with her youngest daughter [Uta] to visit [Gisela]. Continue reading →

Stuttgart Gestapo anticipates hand-off to Munich

February 27, 1943

CWRS Staff . Gestapo memorandum, Hans Hirzel, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Susanne Hirzel . Gestapo, Leaflet 5, Stuttgart, Urban-Str. 18

I 15 Js 12/43

Contents: 1 Leaflet with envelope Continue reading →

Grimminger reads newspaper report

February 25, 1943

CWRS Staff . Eugen Grimminger, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl . newspaper

When I accidentally read about the Scholls’ deeds in the VB [newspaper], I was flatly upset about the way the two of them acted. I saw that I had gotten myself into a difficult situation.

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Source: Initial interrogation of Eugen Grimminger, March 3, 1943

Alexander Schmorell’s return to Munich

February 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl . arrest warrant, fugitive, Kochel

At 7 p.m., I took a passenger train out of Kochel, the Isar Valley Train to Munich. I had reached this decision, because I thought that after the police checkpoint things were getting too hot for me. [Note 1] I thought it would be easier to escape detection in Munich. … Continue reading →

August Klein invoice (legal fees)

February 23, 1943

CWRS Staff . Correspondence, Hans Scholl, Official (prosecutor's file), Sophie Scholl . August Klein, defense, expense reports, legal fees, Trial #1, Wittelsbacher Palace

August KLEIN, Attorney-at-Law, Munich
Office: Ludwig Str. 17a
Tel: 33542

Munich, February 23, 1943 Continue reading →

Clemency file cover, Hans Scholl

February 23, 1943

CWRS Staff . Hans Scholl, Official (prosecutor's file) . clemency

Clemency File.

Chief Prosecutor of the Reich, People’s Court.
Criminal Proceedings against Scholl et al with regards to: Scholl, Hans.
Report decreed by: [blank].

Clemency—Denied [blank]. Approved [blank].

/Stamp: Central Archives, Z/C 13267/
/Stamp: Volume 12/
8J 35.43.
Clemency request: [blank]/[blank].

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Note: This was a preprinted form.

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Source: ZC13267 (249)