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With regards to Sophie Scholl’s last wishes that in addition to Prof. Muth, I should give her greetings to the friends in Munich as well, I can only assume that these greetings were for the Graf siblings. I cannot name anyone else who could have been part of Scholl siblings’ circle of friends [Note 1]. Continue reading
After that, I went to a dairy on Leopold Str. There I met a [male] student whom I had once seen with Scholl. He asked me if I knew anything about the people who had been arrested. I did not have the impression that he had any connection to the matter. Continue reading
Munich, February 19, 1943
To Mr. Bormann, Reichsleiter Continue reading
Secret State Police [Gestapo]
State Police Headquarters Munich
Vol. No. 13226/43 II A Sond. [Special Commission]
Munich, February 19, 1943 Continue reading
[Note 1] Scholl cited the following as motive: Prior to [Note 2] Stalingrad, he was a soldier. There he was able to determine that the German army would never be capable of defeating the Russians. Germany would absolutely lose the war and therefore it was preferable that the war ended before that happened. Every additional day that war was waged meant more unnecessary bloodshed and could not be justified by the leadership. Therefore, students and the intelligentsia should purge the National Socialist system from the people. Continue reading
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
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
I saw Willi in Prof. Huber’s lecture. He left 10 minutes before I did, because he had to attend a medical lecture. Continue reading
I typed the “Students” leaflet on the Remington typewriter in Scholl’s residence. Scholl and I jointly wrote the text, compared our drafts, and determined that the content was suitable for our cause. Continue reading
Schmorell Alexander, Graf Willi, Geier [Note 1] from Ulm, Furtmeier from Munich, Christoph Probst, Professor Huber, Falk Harnack, Traute Lafrenz, Karin [sic] Schüddekopf, Jäger [Note 1] [sic] from Munich, Otto Aicher from Ulm, Eickemayr [Note 1][sic], Bäuerle or Feuerle from Ulm (work colleague of Geyer). Continue reading
I actually never got to know Anneliese Graf well. I saw her only twice in Eickemeyer’s studio. From her conversations with Hans Scholl, I could not tell whether they had a close relationship [Note 1]. But I do not think that she had any connection to the matter. Continue reading
I met Graf on the occasion of the evening at Schmorell’s. I never came into closer contact with him. As far as I could tell, he reacted to the political debates very passively. I only met him on the evening at Schmorell’s and Eickemeyer’s. Lafrenz told me that Graf is a good friend of Scholl and often associated with him in his residence. Continue reading
Also Graf’s sister, the student Anneliese Graf, sublet a room from the Berrsche family at the beginning of January.
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Source: Third interrogation of Sophie Scholl, February 20, 1943
Question: What kind of relationship do you have to Willi Graf’s sister, Anneliese Graf, or rather what has she had to do with your propaganda activity? Continue reading
The same is true in this matter with respect to Anneliese Graf. She has come along several times recently when her brother visited me in my apartment. As concerns both of these people, I can quickly summarize by saying that both of them are innocent.
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Source: Third interrogation of Hans Scholl, February 20, 1943
The personal data previously given are accurate. I was born in Kuchenheim, Rheinbach County, Cologne District, where my father was director of a dairy. When I was 4 years old, my father moved his place of residence from Kuchenheim to Saarbrücken where he started a job as Managing Director of a wine wholesaler, Johannishof A.G. Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 