Hans Scholl: Student Leader of Resistance

Hans Scholl: Student Leader of Resistance

Hans Scholl

A German medical student, medic, and anti-Nazi resistance activist. Along with his younger sister Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, and others, he became a central figure in the "White Rose," a student group that resisted the Nazi regime. During World War II, he served as a medic on the French and Eastern fronts, strengthening his anti-Nazi stance after witnessing war crimes and the persecution of Jews and Poles in occupied territories. From 1942, he created and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, and in February 1943, he was arrested along with his sister Sophie and others. Sentenced to death for treason by the People's Court, he was executed by guillotine on the same day at Munich Stadelheim Prison.

Timeline

Category
Element
Year Hans Scholl
1918
Birth of Hans Scholl (Period: September 22, 1918, Location: Crailsheim (Germany))
1933
Joining the Hitler Youth (Age: 14 years old, Period: April 1933, Location: Ulm, etc.)
1934
Participation in Youth Movements and Disillusionment with Nazism (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1934–1938, Location: Ulm)
1937
1937–1938 Suppressions and Trials of Youth Movements (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1937–1938, Location: Various locations in Germany including Ulm)
1939
Commencement of Medical Studies (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1939–1941, Location: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
1940
World War II / Battle of France (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1940, Location: France)
1941
Initiation of Resistance Activities with Alexander Schmorell (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1941–1942, Location: Munich)
1942
Anti-Nazi Leaflet Campaign by the White Rose (Age: 23 years old, Period: June 1942 – February 1943, Location: Munich, Ulm, Hamburg, and other parts of Germany)
Authoring White Rose Leaflets No. 1–4 (Age: 23 years old, Period: June 27 – July 12, 1942, Location: Munich)
Experiences on the Eastern Front and Strengthening of Resistance Ideology (Age: 23 years old, Period: July–November 1942, Location: Warsaw (Poland), Soviet-occupied territory, Eastern Front)
Expansion of White Rose Activities (Age: 24 years old, Period: November 1942 – January 1943, Location: Munich, Ulm, and various places in Germany)
1943
Distribution of White Rose Leaflet No. 6 and Arrest (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 18, 1943, Location: Munich University (present-day Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich))
Final Leaflet Distribution at Munich University (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 18, 1943, Location: Munich University)
Death of Hans Scholl (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 22, 1943)
White Rose Trial (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 22, 1943, Location: Trial in Munich by the Berlin People's Court)
Execution of Hans Scholl (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 22, 1943, Location: Stadelheim Prison (Munich))
Death Sentence and Execution (Age: 24 years old, Period: February 22, 1943, Location: Munich People's Court / Stadelheim Prison)
Unknown
Marriage (Hans Scholl, None, Period: Never married, Location: Not Applicable)

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Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler Paul von Hindenburg Hermann Göring Joseph Goebbels Heinrich Himmler Rudolf Hess Martin Ludwig Bormann Joachim von Ribbentrop Albert Speer Hermann Wilhelm Göring Paul Joseph Goebbels
Weimar Republic Friedrich Ebert Gustav Stresemann Wilhelm Marx Heinrich Brüning Hermann Müller Friedrich Naumann Matthias Erzberger Walther Rathenau
German Anti-Nazis Dietrich Bonhoeffer Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Hans Oster Ludwig Beck Carl Friedrich Goerdeler Erwin von Witzleben Hans Scholl Sophie Scholl Alexander Schmorell Christoph Probst
Warsaw Ghetto Mordechai Anielewicz Marek Edelman Tuvia Bielski Abba Kovner Henryk Goldszmit Emanuel Ringelblum
Arts & Music Pablo Picasso Paul Klee Wassily Kandinsky Käthe Schmidt Oskar Kokoschka Egon Schiele Arnold Schoenberg Alban Berg Anton Webern

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