White Rose Leaflets: Youth Resistance in Nazi Germany
![Load Leaflet 5 of the White Rose - Aufruf an alle Deutsche! [Call to All Germans!] in Main Document Viewer](https://primarysourcedocuments.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/4412_106491_medium.jpg)
![Load Leaflet 6 of the White Rose - Kommilitonen! Kommilitonen! [Fellow Students! Fellow Students!] in Main Document Viewer](https://primarysourcedocuments.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/4424_106503_medium.jpg)
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Suggested Teaching Instructions
The White Rose was a group formed by five students and a professor from Munich University who challenged the Nazi regime through a secret campaign advocating for freedom and resistance against oppression. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, initially beginning in June 1942, which called on Germans to confront the violence around them. These leaflets, printed secretly and delivered discreetly (carefully), highlighted the Nazi’s lies and the suffering of the Jews.
In early 1943, the movement’s efforts intensified, and the group also painted slogans like “Down With Hitler” around the city of Munich. However, on February 18, 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested while distributing leaflets at the university. Despite their quick trial and execution by guillotine for treason just days later, the message of the White Rose Movement continued to resonate, inspiring further resistance and solidarity.
This learning activity is part of a larger two-day lesson in the Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides section of this website.