Verdict, second White Rose trial (Schmorell copy)

Dr. Heinrich Bollinger and Helmuth Bauer likewise admit that they repeatedly listened to foreign radio broadcasts last winter at a ski hut in Breitnau. They did this together with Elsbeth Duwenhögger, who was still a minor at the time; she resides in Freiburg i.Br., Eck Str. 13. Continue reading →

Helmut and Heinz listen to “illegal” radio

February 3, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . BBC, Breitnau, Heinrich Bollinger, Helmut Bauer, Radio Beromünster

[Freisler’s verdict with reasons:] For the sake of the security of the Reich, a verdict like this must show that when mature men [Note 1] with college educations, such as these two are, fail to report such activity, they will be sent to the penitentiary. The police cannot be everywhere. The national community is hereby advised that everyone who considers himself a respectable German will support the Party, the State, and the authorities. When he hears of such treasonous activities, he will report them. Continue reading →

Bollinger/Bauer: Illegal radio broadcasts

February 3, 1943

CWRS Staff . White Rose group . BBC, Breitnau, foreign radio broadcasts, Heinrich Bollinger, Helmut Bauer, Radio Beromünster

At a ski hut in Breitnau, the accused Bollinger and Bauer listened to foreign broadcasts on several occasions, especially Swiss and English broadcasts.

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Source: Indictment dated April 8, 1943

Willi gives Heinz a leaflet

January 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Heinrich Bollinger, Leaflet 5, Ulm

Upon further remonstrance, I now admit that shortly before my train left the night of January 24/25, 1943, while we were waiting at the platform, I gave Dr. Bollinger a leaflet entitled “Leaflet of the Resistance Movement in Germany”. Continue reading →

Discussions with Heinz Bollinger

January 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Heinrich Bollinger, leaflets

He [Bollinger] would then have to pay for the postage of sending the leaflets by mail to all social classes among the populace. Continue reading →

Willi Graf recruits Heinz Bollinger

January 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Hans Scholl, Willi Graf . Freiburg, Heinrich Bollinger, leaflets, revolution, Ulm

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. I therefore ask you: Which persons from your circle of friends in the above-named places did you approach about the distribution of leaflets? Continue reading →

Willi and Heinz visit Max Müller

January 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Heinrich Bollinger, Max Müller, Ulm

After a short layover in Ulm … [Note 1] Continue reading →

Visit with Max Müller

January 24, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Heinrich Bollinger, Max Müller, Ulm

The other statements I made concerning the meeting with Müller and Dr. Bollinger in Ulm are correct. I stand by my original statement, that Max Müller had no idea about our seditious propaganda, at least that he did not hear of it from me. Continue reading →

Willi Graf stays with Kistner family

January 23, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Freiburg, Heinrich Bollinger, Kistner, Schwarzwald-Str.

I spent the night with the Kistner siblings, Schwarzwald Str. 100 or 108. A friend of mine named Dr. Heinz Bollinger used to live with the Kistners, and in fact he still does, but he was not there. I did not encounter any other persons in Freiburg whom I have not already named.

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Source: Sixth interrogation of Willi Graf, March 1, 1943

Willi Graf visits Helmut Bauer

January 23, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Freiburg, Heinrich Bollinger, Helmut Bauer, leaflets

I spent the evening of January 23, 1943 with the medical student Helmut Bauer from Saarbrücken, currently a student at the University of Freiburg, since Dr. Bollinger (whom I wanted to visit) was not in town at the time. Once again, I assure you that I did not initiate Bauer in any way into our plans and intentions of producing and distributing leaflets. Continue reading →

Willi Graf visits Franz Tack

January 21, 1943

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Cologne, Franz Tack, Heinrich Bollinger, recruitment

Since I was not able to go to Bonn as planned over Christmas – for lack of time – I used my trip to Bonn from January 20 through 23, 1943 to pass along Bollinger’s greeting to Chaplain Tack. I took an express train from Munich to Cologne via Dortmund, that is, along the right-hand side of the Rhine River; that train did not go through Bonn, which is why I went all the way to Cologne. Continue reading →

Willi Graf’s discussion with Heinz Bollinger

December 27, 1942

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Cologne, Franz Tack, Gürzenich, Heinrich Bollinger, Saarbrücken, St. Gereon

During my Christmas vacation from December 22, 1942 to January 6, 1943, which I spent in my homeland in Saarbrücken, I got together with an old classmate Dr. Heinrich Bollinger, whose parents also live in Saarbrücken. I already had planned to travel to Bonn during my Christmas vacation to visit acquaintances there. Continue reading →

Heinz Bollinger in “New Germany”

March 15, 1933

CWRS Staff . Willi Graf . Catholicism, Heinrich Bollinger, Neudeutschland, New Germany, Saarland

Bollinger had gotten to know [Willi] Graf through a Catholic youth organization “New Germany” (in the Saar region before it returned to the Reich). Scholl also belonged to this organization, and Bollinger had met him through it. Continue reading →