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Anneliese Knoop-Graf
Anneliese Knoop-Graf (January 30 1921 – August 27 2009) was the youngest sister of Willi Graf, who was one of the main members of the White Rose The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ... resistance group. In his last letter to her he tasked her to “keep a good memory of me.” ''(“Behaltet mich in guter Errinerung”)'' After his death Anneliese worked tirelessly to keep Willi’s story (and the stories of the other White Rose members) alive. White Rose On February 18, 1943, Willi and Anneliese Graf were captured by the Gestapo. Both were accused of being members of the White Rose. Willi was a core member, but he had never told Anneliese about the activities of the White Rose. Anneliese was released about four months after her arrest, while Willi was sentenced to d ...
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Anneliese Knoop-Graf
Anneliese Knoop-Graf (January 30 1921 – August 27 2009) was the youngest sister of Willi Graf, who was one of the main members of the White Rose The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ... resistance group. In his last letter to her he tasked her to “keep a good memory of me.” ''(“Behaltet mich in guter Errinerung”)'' After his death Anneliese worked tirelessly to keep Willi’s story (and the stories of the other White Rose members) alive. White Rose On February 18, 1943, Willi and Anneliese Graf were captured by the Gestapo. Both were accused of being members of the White Rose. Willi was a core member, but he had never told Anneliese about the activities of the White Rose. Anneliese was released about four months after her arrest, while Willi was sentenced to d ...
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Willi Graf
Wilhelm Graf (better known as Willi Graf) (2 January 1918 – 12 October 1943) was a member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group in Nazi Germany. The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century. In 2017, his cause for beatification was opened. Early life Willi Graf was born in Kuchenheim near Euskirchen. In 1922, his family moved to Saarbrücken, where his father ran a wine wholesaler and managed the Johannishof, the second largest banquet hall in the city.Saarbrücker Zeitung (1. January 2018)So lebte Willi Graf im Saarland/ref> Graf attended school at the ''Ludwigs gymnasium''. It was not long before he joined, at the age of eleven, the ''Bund Neudeutschland'', a Catholic youth movement for young men in schools of higher learning, which was banned after Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933. In 1934, Graf joined the ''Grauer Orden'' ("Grey Order"), another Catholic movement which became known for its anti-Nazi rhetori ...
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White Rose
The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl. The group conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. Their activities started in Munich on 27 June 1942; they ended with the arrest of the core group by the Gestapo on 18 February 1943. They, as well as other members and supporters of the group who carried on distributing the pamphlets, faced show trials by the Nazi People's Court (Germany), People's Court (); many of them were sentenced to death or imprisonment. Hans and Sophie Scholl, as well as Christoph Probst were executed by guillotine four days after their arrest, on 22 February 1943. During the trial, Sop ...
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1921 Births
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2009 Deaths
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