Tag: White Rose
European Parliament names building after Munich resistance fighter Sophie Scholl – Munich
The European Parliament in Brussels is honoring the Munich resistance fighter Sophie Scholl by renaming one of its buildings. “It is a small recognition of what we owe to this…
Warning from the US Ambassador in Munich: Listen to the warning signals – Munich
It’s time to stand up for democracy, says Amy Gutmann at the memorial lecture for the “White Rose” in Munich – and even switches to German at crucial points in…
80 years of the White Rose Trials: An exhibition about arbitrariness and horror – Munich
At first glance, room 253 seems almost cosy. The wall paneling in honey-colored wood, small carvings on the bench, a long, plain wooden bench, across the hall. The comfort is…
Bergkirchen: eyewitness dies at the age of 103 – Munich
“I’m a happy person.” Eva Hönigschmid said that just recently. On February 6th, her 103rd birthday, when there was a lot of hustle and bustle around her. District administrator and…
Traute Lafrenz, resistance fighter of the White Rose, is dead – politics
In her parents’ house, culture was considered a valuable asset, and Schiller, Goethe, Lessing and Fichte were read with enthusiasm. She called it the “other Germany,” but when in doubt,…
Munich: On the trail of the “White Rose” with Hildegard Kronawitter – Munich
Hildegard Kronawitter, chairwoman of the “White Rose” Foundation, looks at a monument in front of the main entrance of the university that commemorates the resistance group around the Scholl siblings.…
Execution of the Scholl siblings 80 years ago: in the name of terror
Only four days passed between the arrest of the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl on February 18, 1943 and their murder. A look into the machinery of National Socialist violent…
Podcast “Munich personally”: On the trail of the “white rose” – Munich
It is 80 years since the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friend Christoph Probst were arrested and executed in Munich. The members of the “White Rose” resistance group…
Podcast “Munich personally”: On the trail of the “white rose” – Munich
It is 80 years since the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friend Christoph Probst were arrested and executed in Munich. The members of the “White Rose” resistance group…