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In front of the minster, on the modern cityhall's first floor, you can see the two sculptures commemorating the role Sophie and Hans Scholl played in the anti-Nazi movement called The White Rose.
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The sculptures, with the weekly market behind |
Photos: Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2012 |
The sculptures in profile |
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Inscription for Sophie Scholl
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Desertion |
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Desertion has always been a big problem for everybody, first of all for the deserters themselves. Deserters are mostly executed, and if they are not, they will remain dishonored till death for not having defended their fatherland. But what about deserters who deserted an army serving a criminal regime, such as the Nazi government? After World War II, there were long and violent discussions about this question in Germany, and it is not until 1989 that a deserters' memorial could be erected in Ulm, with the idea that "Desertion is not reprehensible, war is". For more information see the English Wikipedia under Memorials and Desertion. |
Otl Aicher was a German graphic designer strongly opposed to the Nazi regime and classmate of Werner Scholl. He refused the (obligatory) membership in the Hitler Youth, was arrested, was drafted into the German army (Wehrmacht), deserted the army in 1945 hiding in a house belonging to the Scholl family. Nationally and internationally, Aicher made an important career as a designer after World War II and - along with Inge Scholl - was one of the founders of the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm). If Sophie and Hans Scholl had not been killed by the Nazis, Otl Aicher would have been their brother-in-law after the War.
For more details, see the English Wikipedia under Otl Aicher.
Sophie Scholl was Hans Scholl's younger sister. As her brother did, she was active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group that distributed anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich. Due to some leaflets inadvertently thrown downstairs in the hall of the university, they were both captured and executed by guillotine, together with other members of their group.
For more details, see the English Wikipedia under Sophie Scholl.
On the bottom of the hall of the Munich university you can see a small memorial commemorating the fatal scene of throwing down the leaflets. The square in front of the university is now called Geschwister-Scholl-Platz (Scholl Siblings Square).
For the White Rose in Munich, see also White Rose.
Inscription for Hans Scholl
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Logically there must be an inscription like that on the sculpture of Hans Scholl. Unfortunately did I not see it when I visited the Ulm cityhall. That is why I cannot present its photo here until the next time I will go to Ulm.
Hans Scholl is an elder brother of Sophie Scholl and a member of the White Rose non violent anti-war movement. He was arrested and executed along with his younger sister and other members of the group.
For more details, see above.
For the White Rose in Munich, see also White Rose.
Inscription for the Scholl Family
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As the artist of the sculpture, Otl Aicher, by marriage was a member of the Scholl family, this inscription proves that they proudly bear testimony to their political opinions, which finally caused the loss of two children. Nowadays the great majority of the Germany people are proud of the Scholl siblings, who during the Third Reich were two of the too few German opponents against Hitler.
But concretely speaking, a little hurry and Sophie Scholl's short moment of inadvertency combined with the malicious attention of the university's Nazi caretaker (what a name!) had transformed a few falling leaflets into a deadly weapon against the White Rose.
For the White Rose in Munich, see also White Rose.
Bibliography
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Munich, Bavaria and the Black Forest |
A guide to southern Germany. |
amazon.de/at: English. amazon.es: English. amazon.fr: English. amazon.it: English. |
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Bavaria |
A specialized guide to Bavaria. |
amazon.de/at: English. amazon.es: English. amazon.fr: English. amazon.it: English. |
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The SS state: The system of German concentration camps, by Eugen Kogon |
Standard work on the Nazi state. Translation from German. |
See my critique. |
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William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany |
Shirer's book is one of the great classics of historiography on the 3rd Reich. |
See my critique. |
Internet
Please be aware of our legal reservation concerning any Internet reference.
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Zwei Städte - ein Lebensraum (Two Cities - One Vital Space) |
Shared site of the municipalities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm (German language). |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on the city of Ulm. |
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By Google Maps. |
Zoomable city map of Ulm. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on this German graphic designer and sculptor who was in narrow relationship with the Scholl family, first by their anti-Nazi opinions, then, after the War, by his marriage with Inge Scholl, Sophie and Hans Scholl's elder sister. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Detailed encyclopaedic article on this paramilitary Nazi youth organisation and its various subdivisions. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Detailed encyclopaedic article on the German army (whose German name was Wehrmacht) and its various subdivisions during Hitler's Third Reich. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Detailed encyclopaedic article on desertion, with a paragraph dealing with the deserters of World War II. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Special paragraph on the Ulm memorials, among which the deserters' memorial, in the encyclopaedic article on desertion, with a paragraph dealing with the deserters of World War II. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on Inge Scholl, Hans and Sophie Scholl's elder sister and Otl Aicher's wife after World War II. Inge seems to have been no active member of the White Rose. After the fatal leaflet accident at the Munich university, she was arrested and interrogated, but finally released (as well as the parents). |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl's brother and member of the White Rose. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl's younger sister and member of the White Rose. |
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In the English Wikipedia. |
Encyclopaedic article on the Scholl siblings, mentioning all five of them. Werner was the youngest. (In spite of its German title, the article is written in English.) |
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Arrival by Public Transport
For the arrival in Ulm, see Inscriptions of Ulm.
Exiting the Ulm main station, take the pedestrian subway just in front of you and continue straight ahead in the pedestrian street down to the minster square, where you will see the modern cityhall on the right side of the square. Go a little around the cityhall counterclockwise, enter the building by the first door, and go upstairs to the first floor. You will see the sculptures near the glass wall where you can see the minster and its square.
Indications concerning the arrival correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.
Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2012
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