Second interrogation of Willi Graf

February 19, 1943

CWRS Staff . Interrogation transcripts, Willi Graf . Catholicism, Lutheran, Schmauß

II A-So.-Schm. [Schmauβ]

Munich, February 19, 1943.

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Harder’s second profile

February 18, 1943

CWRS Staff . Crime lab reports, White Rose group . anti-Semitism, Augustine, Bible, Bolshevism, Leaflet 1, Leaflet 2, Leaflet 3, Leaflet 4, Leaflet 5, Leaflet 6, Leaflet 7, Lutheran, Munich, passive resistance, propaganda, Wilhelm Stapel

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Professor Harder – Munich 22, February 18, 1943
Ludwig Str. 14, 1st staircase
Confidential.

After two leaflets (A and B) were submitted to me yesterday, I received four additional leaflets (Leaflets of the White Rose No. I – IV) today. I will designate these with the letters C – F and once again use line numbers. In addition I have been advised that it has been proven through technical means that the author of A B is identical to the author of C – F. Continue reading →

Eickemeyer re politics

February 9, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Manfred Eickemeyer, Sophie Scholl, Willi Graf . federalism, Lutheran, National Socialism, politics, religion, revolution, Switzerland

Hans Scholl definitely was not a disciple of National Socialism. I could see in him clear antagonism to National Socialist ideology, but I never could see that he was thinking about ways to overthrow the National Socialist government or eliminate its leaders. He had a very impassioned manner of speaking and championed decidedly Protestant [religious] views. I never would have believed him capable of treasonous activities punishable by death. Continue reading →

Hans lectures Gisela on politics and religion

January 15, 1943

CWRS Staff . Gisela Schertling, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl . church rights, freedom, Lutheran, National Socialism, politics, Prussian mentality, religion

I myself have a good National Socialist education. Especially during the initial phases of my friendship with the Scholl siblings, I always stood up for National Socialist issues.

Later I was unable to assert my own views any longer. Hans Scholl once told me that he would yet dissuade me from my “Prussian thinking”. Continue reading →

Eickemeyer’s observations re political opinions

January 11, 1943

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Manfred Eickemeyer, Sophie Scholl, White Rose group, Willi Graf . Catholicism, federalism, friendships, Harald Dohrn, Lutheran, National Socialism, religion, revolution, Switzerland, Wilhelm Geyer

Question: In your judgment, what were the political viewpoints of Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie Scholl, the artist Wilhelm Geyer, the physiotherapist Harald Dohrn, and the medical students Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf? Continue reading →

Gestapo comments about fourth leaflet

July 10, 1942

CWRS Staff . Crime lab reports, Hans Scholl . anti-Christ, Augustine, civitas dei, Harder, Leaflet 4, Lutheran, Meister Ekkehard, Quisling, Rommel

Yesterday’s expert analysis, page 3, number 4, Christian overtones: This now comes clearly into view. Christian expressions multiply. … F 22, death as reaper. F 27, accusation of blasphemy. … But he lets his Christian mask slip most clearly in F: F 44, the One God. F 46, the true God. In F 98, he appears as the bad conscience of mankind. F 47, ship without a rudder, infant without a mother, a cloud that dissipates: these singular images apparently stem from Christian mysticism, I suspect from Meister Ekkehard. Continue reading →

Gestapo comments about third leaflet

July 1, 1942

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Crime lab reports, Hans Scholl . anti-Semitism, Augustine, Harder, Leaflet 3, Lutheran, monarchist, Munich, passive resistance, propaganda, sabotage, Wilhelm Stapel

Yesterday’s expert analysis, page 3, number 4, Christian overtones: This now comes clearly into view. Christian expressions multiply. E 14, Creature. … E 38, cloak of wisdom (compare with A 26). E 19, according to God’s will. E 35, scattered throughout the world as dust upon the wind. E 39, spawn of hell. … In E 11, there was already a reference to civitas dei, which is a Latin quote from Augustine. … Continue reading →

Gestapo comments about second leaflet

June 28, 1942

CWRS Staff . Alexander Schmorell, Crime lab reports, Hans Scholl . anti-Semitism, Bolshevism, Harder, Leaflet 2, Lutheran, passive resistance, propaganda, Wilhelm Stapel

Yesterday’s expert analysis, page 3, number 4, Christian overtones: This now comes clearly into view. Christian expressions multiply. … D 33, It is not given to us. D 48, May God grant that. Corresponding to the archaic relative pronoun “so”, here there likewise appears the unmistakable sign of theological method of speech, “now there our eyes are opened” [Note 1] (D 79). D 76 is the fanatical call of a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher. Continue reading →

Gestapo comments about first leaflet

June 25, 1942

CWRS Staff . Crime lab reports, Hans Scholl . anti-Semitism, Bolshevism, Harder, Leaflet 1, Lutheran, Nemesis, passive resistance, propaganda, Wilhelm Stapel

Yesterday’s expert analysis, page 3, number 4, Christian overtones: … C 38, once again the accusation of godlessness, atheistic war machine. … C 34, member of the Christian and western culture. …

Yesterday’s expert analysis, page 6, 2nd paragraph: I determined that the appeals did not have the tone of an embittered loner. … [As] in B – complains about their indifference ( C 3 ff., D 5 ff.). … Continue reading →

Gisela’s first visit with the Scholl family

August 2, 1941

CWRS Staff . Gisela Schertling, Sophie Scholl . Catholicism, church rights, Lutheran, Münster-Platz 33, Paul Schertling, religion

Once on a free Sunday, she took me to her parents’ house in Ulm. On the one hand, I liked her home. It was so pretty and stylish. She was also very nice to me. I was allowed to look at all her books. I saw many writers and books I had never seen before. But on the other hand, I found the entire atmosphere there very oppressive. Continue reading →