I arrived at the Munich-Thalkirchen train station on February 24, 1943 around 10 p.m. and took the streetcar from there to Kurfürstenplatz. 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.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
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
On February 24, 1943, I spent the day loitering around Kochel.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
Although the policemen expressed their doubts about my identity, they did not take me into custody, so I was able to continue on to Kochel. I walked all night long and arrived in Kochel around 6 a.m.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
On February 23, 1943, I returned to Elmau, where I was stopped by two policemen. I showed Nikolai Nikolaeff’s identification. Although the policemen expressed their doubts about my identity, they did not take me into custody, so I was able to continue on to Kochel.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
On Sunday February 21, 1943, I walked to Krün, and from there on to Elmau, where I hoped to meet up with an acquaintance named Ingrid Mesirca. When I called her, I learned that she was ill and therefore I did not go to her residence. Continue reading
Schmorell is supposedly a fugitive at this time, the borders have been advised. Probst still must be taken into custody. It is worth noting that all four men are members of the armed forces, furloughed to Student Companies.
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Source: Undated case summary
With regards to Operation to scatter leaflets
In the university on February 18, 1943 Continue reading
The night of February 20 / 21, 1943, I spent the night at Pension Edeltraud [Note 1] in Walchensee. I filled out the registration card with the name Nikolai Nikolaeff. Before I forged this name, I had torn the photograph out of my student identification card and crudely pasted it inside Nikolaeff’s Bulgarian passport. I destroyed Nikolaeff’s photograph. Continue reading
From there [Thalkirchen], I walked along the Isar [River] to Ebenhausen. It was probably 3 a.m. when I arrived there on foot. From Ebenhausen, I took the train to Kochel, and then walked to Walchensee. My only luggage was my briefcase.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
On Friday February 19, 1943, I left Nikolaeff’s residence and took a walk through downtown Munich. Towards evening, I went to Thalkirchen on Streetcar 8. From there, I walked along the Isar [River] to Ebenhausen. It was probably 3 a.m. when I arrived there on foot.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
That same day, because I did not know where I should go, I twice looked up the Bulgarian student Nikolai Nikolaeff (he lives at Isabella Str. 26, Munich). The second time, Nikolaeff allowed me to wait in his room for a short time. I used the opportunity to steal Nikolaeff’s passport, so I would have another form of identification for my flight. Continue reading
On February 19, 1943, I called home again and this time was able to speak with my mother. My mother told me on the telephone that the police were there and that it would be good if I would voluntarily turn myself in. I told my mother I would, but in reality there was no way I could even consider that.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
There was nothing left for me to do but leave Munich. That Thursday, I roamed aimlessly around Munich and did not dare go home. In the end, I spent the night in the English Gardens.
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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.
Not suspecting a thing, I met him. Schmorell told me that he had learned that two people had been arrested that morning at the university as they were distributing leaflets. He had called the Scholls in their apartment and no one had answered. He therefore had suspected that someone had arrested Scholl and his sister. Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 