Inge Scholl

Overview

Inge Scholl born Forchtenberg, Bavaria, Germany August 11, 1917 (d. 1998). Member of White Rose nonviolent resistance to Hitler; arrested but released; postwar leader opposing Pershing nuclear missiles; arrested for protest at Mutlangen 1985.

Quotations

"The meaning and goal of passive resistance is to topple National Socialism, and in this struggle we must not recoil from our course, any action, whatever its nature." (White Rose leaflet, 1943; photo Spartacus Educational)