Chapter 2, part 1: The Circle Widens

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Chapter 2, part 1: The Circle Widens

While many of Hans Scholl's friends were friendly with Sophie because she was Hans' sister, Christl became her friend because she was Sophie.

Denise Elaine Heap

Jun 10, 2024

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two person hiking on snow-capped mountain — Photo by Charlie Hammond on Unsplash

First weeks of May 1942.

This chapter - all of it - paints portrairs of people who remained largely behind the scenes as White Rose friends began their resistance efforts. And yet, these individuals contributed significantly to the “thinking” of the students.

Alfred von Martin played an outsized role in Hans Scholl’s thinking, as well as that of Otl Aicher. Josef Furtmeier impacted Traute Lafrenz. Katharina Schüddekopf, who by all rights should have known Traute Lafrenz already, joined the circle in May 1942. Josef Furtmeier introduced Manfred Eickemeyer to the group.

Slowly but surely, the circle widened.

Today, we look at Otl Aicher’s transfer to the Russian front, but the majority of today’s podcast deals with Alfred von Martin - his back story, and how his work influenced White Rose resistance.

White Rose History, Volume II, pages 14-17.

Starting with today’s podcast, “notes and references” will contain books, essays, etc. in bibliography format instead of footnote format. — DEH.

Notes and references for fencing:

While fencing seems to have figured into a great deal of bündische life, and while Hans Scholl probably had learned how to fence, he is never mentioned as joining in this aspect of the life of the friends in Munich or Ulm.

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

Reference re Sophie Scholl’s meeting Christoph Probst and feelings at Muth’s house:

Aicher, Otl. innenseiten des kriegs. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag GmbH, 1985.
Jens, Inge (Ed.). At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl. Translation by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1987.
ZC13267, Volume 3. 2/20/43 interrogation of Sophie Scholl.

Reference for Otl Aicher on the Russian Front:

Aicher, Otl. innenseiten des kriegs. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag GmbH, 1985.

Notes and references regarding Alfred von Martin:

“Alphubel.” Retrieved from http://mountainarea.com/alphubel/main/html.
Ferguson, Wallace K. “Introduction to the Torchbook Edition.” In Sociology of the Renaissance, by Alfred Wilhelm Otto von Martin. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
Knox, E.L. Skip. “Historiography of the Renaissance.” Retrieved from http://history.boisestate.edu/hy309/historiography/.
Lichtblau, Klaus. “Soziologie als Kulturwissenschaft?” Retrieved from www.soziologie.uni-freiburg.de/ kuso-dgs/debatte/lichtblau.htm.
Swidler, Leonard. The Ecumenical Vanguard: The History of the Una Sancta Movement. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1966.
Zenz, Helmut. Karl Buchheim: Historiker und Philosoph (1889-1982).

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This podcast is a project of WHY THIS MATTERS, a newsletter of Center for White Rose Studies, that explores the reasons that voices silenced more than eighty years ago still speak to us today.