Category Archives: Correspondence

Katharina Schüddekopf’s “C.V.”

. Correspondence, Hans Scholl, Katharina Schüddekopf, Kurt Huber, Official (prosecutor's file), Sophie Scholl, Traute Lafrenz . , , , , , , , ,

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 →

Sophie and Elisabeth to Munich

. Correspondence, Sophie Scholl . , , ,

One time I was able to discern that you are hail and hearty. Sofie – and in the beginning Elisabeth as well – was here for ten days and helped me bring my best books from the upper stories of my half-destroyed house to the first floor. I had to make substantial adjustments in expectation of the next bombing raid, which we will not be spared. Continue reading →

Air raid – Munich

. Correspondence, Hans Scholl . , , ,

The one [air raid] on September 19/20, 1942 was apocalyptic. In Solln, 40 houses are destroyed, 15 people are dead. In Munich, many times over that number of houses, and more than 400 dead! 200 meters [650’] from my house, houses toppled over like boxes. The Bergangellen’s [Note 1] house is uninhabitable and B. and his family have moved away from Solln. I myself was unwittingly in grave danger, as I was not in my basement. Whoever experienced this single hour will never be able to forget it, no matter how long they live. Continue reading →