Katharina’s room during air raid

March 9, 1943

CWRS Staff . Katharina Schüddekopf . air raid, Munich

Next the air raid on our house [in Munich], which caused it to burn down. And my room was the one that survived best. I lost almost nothing, which was really a miracle.

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Source: March 27, 1943 letter to Verena Schiel

Alexander Schmorell arrest

February 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell . air raid, arrest, Dr. Uppleger, Schönererplatz 2

Once I arrived, I thought about Dr. Uppleger; she lives at Schönererplatz 2. I wanted to ask this woman if I could spend the night at her house.

But before I could reach her property, I was surprised by an air raid alarm. I had no other choice than to look up Dr. Uppleger in the air raid shelter in the basement of her house. Continue reading →

Carl Muth letter to Hans Scholl

October 19, 1942

CWRS Staff . Correspondence, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl . air raid, Carl Muth, Elisabeth Scholl, Munich, Werner Bergengruen

Copy. [Note 1]

Munich-Solln, October 19, 1942

Dear Mr. Scholl, I cannot express my joy at your long-expected letter in any better way than to reply by return mail. I have repeatedly asked about you in Ulm. One time I was able to discern that you are hail and hearty. Continue reading →

Hans Scholl re letter from Carl Muth

October 19, 1942

CWRS Staff . Hans Scholl . air raid, Carl Muth, religion, Russian front, Solln, Werner Bergengruen

After being shown a letter from Prof. Karl Muth (residing in Munich-Solln) to me dated October 19, 1942, I will give the following explanation: Continue reading →

Sophie and Elisabeth to Munich

October 1, 1942

CWRS Staff . Correspondence, Sophie Scholl . air raid, Carl Muth, Elisabeth Scholl, Munich

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

September 20, 1942

CWRS Staff . Correspondence, Hans Scholl . air raid, Carl Muth, Munich, Werner Bergengruen

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 →