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Chapter 1, part 3: The Journey Begins
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Chapter 1, part 3: The Journey Begins

While Willi Graf never abandoned his faith, he clearly sensed that his faith – or at least those who practiced his faith – had abandoned him.

May 9 - May 12, 1942.

Sophie Scholl’s 21st birthday.

Willi Graf and friends at the Siegfriedstrasse, especially Fritz Leist, Emil Martin, and Hermann Krings.

Willi Graf: Fencing!

White Rose History, Volume II, pages 10-11.


Notes and references for Sophie Scholl’s 21st birthday:

  • Traute Lafrenz, Bericht. Letter to Inge Scholl, dated February 21, 1946.

  • Inge Scholl, Students Against Tyranny: The Resistance of the White Rose, Munich, 1942-43, translated by Arthur R. Schultz (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1970).

Notes and references for Willi Graf and Siegfriedstrasse:

  • Anneliese Knoop-Graf and Inge Jens (Eds.), Willi Graf: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen (Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuchverlag GmbH, 1994).

  • 8/12/95 letter from Dr. Hermann Krings to author.

  • Klaus Vielhaber, ed., Gewalt und Gewissen: Willi Graf und die “Weisse Rose” (Würzburg, Germany: Echter-Verlag, 1963).

Notes and references for Willi Graf and fencing:

  • Anneliese Knoop-Graf and Inge Jens (Eds.), Willi Graf: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen (Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuchverlag GmbH, 1994).


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