Remembering Resistance: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Hosted By: The Museum of Jewish Heritage-- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
The White Rose was founded in 1942 by several students at the University of Munich, including Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans. The members were united against Nazi policies and began writing and distributing leaflets calling on the German people to take action to stop injustice and genocide. In 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested by the Gestapo after they distributed leaflets to students at their university. Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, another member of the group, were executed on February 22, 1943. Since then, the White Rose, and Sophie Scholl specifically, have become a symbol of resistance during WWII.
Join The Museum of Jewish Heritage for a program examining Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. The program will feature a conversation between Wolfgang Huber, son of White Rose member Kurt Huber and Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt; Frank McDonough, author of Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman Who Defied Hitler, and Nathan Stoltzfus, the Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels Professor of Holocaust Studies at Florida State University. The conversation will be moderated by Lori Weintrob, Professor of History at Wagner College and founding director of the Wagner
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