Printing The Truth

The White Rose, which was basically a pamphlet that spoke about the atrocities of Hitler’s Nazi run government, was meant to spread awareness and truth. They were able to make a total of 6 leaflets, but over 15,000 copies were printed and smuggled all over Germany. Hans’s sister, Sophie, also chose to join the resistance in order to assist in getting out the facts.

Beheaded By The Gestapo

Unfortunately, during one of Hans and Sophie’s runs of getting pamphlets out to the public, they were seen by a Nazi official and arrested on the spot. They were put on trial and after 4 days, were found guilty of treason against the Nazi administration. Without a second thought, the siblings were beheaded by the Gestapo, but the work they did has remained of great importance until this very day.