Considered to be the flower of the moon or of the light, the white rose symbolizes purity, charm, and secrecy This map of Germany shows some of the places that the White Rose expanded into; Berlin and Hamburg. They also expanded into Vienna and Freiburg. THE WHITE ROSE Megan "Nothing is less worthy of a civilized people than to let themselves be governed-without resistance-by an irresponsible and base clique. Is not ever honest Germany today ashamed of his government? And who among us can guess the dimensions of the shame that will engulf us and our children, when the veils falls from our eyes one day and the most gruesome and immeasureable crimes come to light?" This is an excerpt from the very first leaflet that was ever made by the members of the White Rose. The White Rose was a group created in 1942 by the students from the University of Munich. It was a group created to resist the Nazi movement. Among this group were brother and sister, Hans and Sophie Scholl, Christopher Probst, Alexander Schmorell, and Helmut Hartert. They were students and teachers at the University that knew what was going on, but they weren't really involved with the White Rose. Before this group was formed, Hans and Sophie were apart of a group called, The Hitler Youth . Not long after they joined the group they started to believe that the government was and evil regime. After the White Rose was founded, Hans and Christopher, started making leaflets, which were like the pamphlets that we use today. They would leave these leaflets at the University of Munich. They had to be every secretive about it because if they were caught by the Nazis then they would surely be killed. At first Hans didn't want his sister Sophie to find out about the leaflets because he thought that the job was too risky for a women, but after she found out about it Hans decided to let her help. The leaflets criticized Germans who passively accepted Hitler's regime and urged them to passively resist the Nazis instead. There were more than 8,000 copies of the last two leaflets. The last two leaflets of the White Rose were printed in January and February 1943. On February 18, 1943, Hans and Sophie were caught and arrested for leaving pamphlets at the University of Munich. The Nazis later found out that Christopher Probst, Hans's and Sophie's friend, was involved with the leaflets. The three of them were scheduled to be executed on February 22, 1943. The tombstones of Hans and Sophie Scholl. They will always be remembered for their heroic actions. For more information you can go to: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/rose.html

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Considered to be the flowerof the moon or of the light,the white rose symbolizespurity, charm, and secrecy

This map of Germany shows some of the placesthat the White Rose expanded into; Berlin andHamburg. They also expanded into Vienna and

Freiburg.

THE WHITE ROSEMegan

"Nothing is less worthy of a civilized people than to let themselves be governed-without resistance-byan irresponsible and base clique. Is not ever honest Germany today ashamed of his government? Andwho among us can guess the dimensions of the shame that will engulf us and our children, when theveils falls from our eyes one day and the most gruesome and immeasureable crimes come to light?" Thisis an excerpt from the very first leaflet that was ever made by the members of the White Rose. The White Rosewas a group created in 1942 by the students from the University of Munich. It was a group created to resist theNazi movement.

Among this group were brother and sister, Hans and Sophie Scholl, Christopher Probst, Alexander Schmorell,and Helmut Hartert. They were students and teachers at the University that knew what was going on, but they weren't really involved with theWhite Rose. Before this group was formed, Hans and Sophie were apart of a group called, The Hitler Youth. Not long after they joined thegroup they started to believe that the government was and evil regime. After the White Rose was founded, Hans and Christopher, startedmaking leaflets, which were like the pamphlets that we use today. They would leave these leaflets at the University of Munich. They had to beevery secretive about it because if they were caught by the Nazis then they would surely be killed. At first Hans didn't want his sister Sophie tofind out about theleaflets because he thought that the job was too risky for a women, but after she found out about it Hans decided to let her help.The leaflets criticized Germans who passively accepted Hitler's regime and urged them to passively resist theNazis instead. There were more than 8,000 copies of the last two leaflets.

The last two leaflets of the White Rose were printed in January and February 1943. OnFebruary 18, 1943, Hans and Sophie were caught and arrested for leaving pamphlets atthe University of Munich. The Nazis later found out that Christopher Probst, Hans's andSophie's friend, was involved with the leaflets. The three of them were scheduled to beexecuted on February 22, 1943.

The tombstones of Hans and Sophie Scholl. They will always beremembered for their heroic actions.

For more information you can go to: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/rose.html

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