There were five core members of the White Rose: Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst (left to right) plus Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf
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Shortly after 5pm on the afternoon of 22 February 1943, hours after being convicted of treason, a German medical student was led towards a guillotine in Munich’s Stadelheim Prison. As the blade fell, 24-year-old Hans Scholl uttered a rebel yell: “Es lebe die Freiheit!” (“Long live freedom!”)
The brother and sister who stood up to Hitler: Hans Scholl (top left) was a founding member of the White Rose, though in time his sister Sophie (left) would become an equal partner