The student-led White Rose resistance against Nazi rule.
Historical background
In 1942 and 1943, the White Rose group circulated leaflets calling on Germans to resist the Nazi regime. Hans and Sophie Scholl were among its members, alongside other students and Professor Kurt Huber.
Hans and Sophie were arrested after distributing leaflets at Munich University in February 1943. They and Christoph Probst were executed after a trial before the People’s Court. The surviving leaflets record the group’s appeal to individual conscience.
