This document is a leaflet of the anti-Nazi group “White Rose” formed by the students at the University of Munich in 1942. Active participants included Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, and Willi Graf. Kurt Huber, a professor at the university, was also a group member and the mentor of the students. The leaflet was originally published in Students Against Tyranny: The Resistance of the White Rose, Munich, 1942–1943 by Inge Scholl, the elder sister of the Scholl siblings. She had been writing books related to the White Rose since 1952. This leaflet was the fifth of the total six leaflets produced by the White Rose. It was written in January 1943, shortly before the surrender of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad.
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It first pointed out the predictable defeat of Nazi Germany and appealed to the public to dissociate themselves from the Nazis. Moreover, it depicted the future in post-war period, including the cooperation among European countries, the federal regime of Germany, globalization, and the guarantee of freedom and human rights. The precise and strait-forward language made it especially powerful. Due to the thorough surveillance on private communications, the circulation of the leaflets were carried out secretly. Fearing that the had already been censored, the students carried the leaflets with them to the large cities on the railways. This fifth leaflet had the largest edition between six and nine thousand and was distributed all over …show more content…
The hope of the White Rose that the public would revolt against the Nazi regime, however, did not come true. In February the members were arrested by the Gestapo in succession and later sentenced to death or imprisonment. The student protestor were considered as “traitors” by not only the Nazis but also their fellow students. The government also reinforced the propaganda despite the military setback, as the propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels delivered the Sportpalast speech exactly on the same day when the members of the White Rose were
It first pointed out the predictable defeat of Nazi Germany and appealed to the public to dissociate themselves from the Nazis. Moreover, it depicted the future in post-war period, including the cooperation among European countries, the federal regime of Germany, globalization, and the guarantee of freedom and human rights. The precise and strait-forward language made it especially powerful. Due to the thorough surveillance on private communications, the circulation of the leaflets were carried out secretly. Fearing that the had already been censored, the students carried the leaflets with them to the large cities on the railways. This fifth leaflet had the largest edition between six and nine thousand and was distributed all over …show more content…
The hope of the White Rose that the public would revolt against the Nazi regime, however, did not come true. In February the members were arrested by the Gestapo in succession and later sentenced to death or imprisonment. The student protestor were considered as “traitors” by not only the Nazis but also their fellow students. The government also reinforced the propaganda despite the military setback, as the propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels delivered the Sportpalast speech exactly on the same day when the members of the White Rose were