Memorial Hans and Sophie Scholl

Am Schloßgarten, Neustadt-Glewe
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

This memorial commemorates Hans and Sophie Scholl. They were students at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University and members of the resistance-group Weiße Rose. On 18 Febrary 1943, they were arrested while distributing illegal newspapers. Four days later they were executed by guillotine. The memorial is the former war memorial of Neustadt-Glewe.

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Text by: Fedor de Vries

Photo(s): Wikimedia Commons