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Katharina describes ‘farewell party’

. Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, Katharina Schüddekopf, Kurt Huber, Manfred Eickemeyer, Sophie Scholl, Traute Lafrenz, White Rose group, Willi Graf . , , , ,

In addition, I participated in an event of the extended circle around Scholl. This was shortly before the [male] students went to the front. The meeting was planned as a so-called farewell party. It took place in Eickemeyer’s [Note 1] studio around the middle of July 1942. I believe Miss Lafrenz invited me to this party. Continue reading →

Eickemeyer describes the farewell party

. Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Hans Hirzel, Hans Scholl, Kurt Huber, Manfred Eickemeyer, Sophie Scholl, Traute Lafrenz, Willi Graf . , , , , ,

Question: What can you say about the farewell party that Hans Scholl held in your studio in the summer of 1942?

Answer: As I already stated yesterday, at that time Scholl (and sometimes his buddies [Note 1] came to my studio to talk about my work and about cultural things. I can also recall that once or twice he brought along women – his sister Sophie Scholl and I believe a student named Lafrenz. Continue reading →