Before I left Bonn on Saturday morning, January 23, 1943, I was able to visit an old college friend named Karl Bisa, who resides with his mother at Luisen Str. 9. Bisa is also a member of the armed forces who has been furloughed to continue his studies. He is a member of the Student Company in Bonn.
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I will repeat: I did not speak with anyone in Bonn regarding the distribution of leaflets.
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Tangentially I wished to visit a friend – Miss Marita Herfeldt, residing in Bonn, Postelsdorfer Alley 98 / Second Floor. … Continue reading
The first thing I wanted to do in Bonn was assess the overall mood, who among my friends and acquaintances would come into question to help us with the leaflets or to distribute them. But as soon as I got out from under Scholl’s influence, that is, on the way to Bonn, I began to have some reservations [about the matter]. I then hit upon the idea [large illegible section, approximately 2-1/2 pages long]. Continue reading
Regarding the chronological context of each individual event: I can no longer recall precisely when things happened. I think I traveled to Bonn to see a friend on January 21, 1943. That friend was Karl Bisa, and he studies medicine in Bonn, and lives at Luisen Street [illegible]. Continue reading
Question: From January 21 to 25, 1943, you were in Bonn. What was the purpose of this trip and with whom did you come in contact in Bonn or other locations in the Rhineland? Continue reading
I left Cologne around noon on January 21, 1943 and arrived in Bonn about three-quarters of an hour later. [Illegible – about 1/3 of a page.]
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I left Munich either January 20 or 21, 1943 at 11 pm – I do not remember exactly which day it was.
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Question: Once more I pose this question to you and admonish you to give exact and honest answers thereto: When you traveled to Bonn, Freiburg i.Br., and Ulm, whom did you meet with regarding the distribution of leaflets, or rather, with whom did you speak about the production and distribution of leaflets? Continue reading
Question: During the conversation between yourself, Scholl, and Dr. Huber at the latter’s residence at the beginning of January 1943, you volunteered to use your connections to the Rhineland to distribute the leaflets in question. It is therefore likely, if not completely certain, that your trip to Bonn, Freiburg i.Br., and Ulm served that primary purpose.
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With regards to the envelope addressed to me, postmarked Bonn April 7, 1942 – on the back side of the envelope the ABCs, and then under that various numbers – this has to do with a stupid and superficial joke, one that has appeared many times in the history of the world. Continue reading
I would like to add that I joined the Red Cross in Bonn in the autumn of 1938 as an active member.
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Source: Fourth interrogation of Willi Graf, February 26, 1943
After completing the Labor Service in September 1937, I registered to study medicine at the University of Bonn in the Winter Semester 1937/38. I studied there for 4 semesters, namely till the summer of 1939 when the university was closed due to the outbreak of war. Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 