Center for White Rose Studies Timeline for WhiteRoseHistory.com As of: 10/13/13 Copyright by Denise Elaine Heap, based on Ruth Hanna Sachs White Rose History I and II

Date Time Activity 01/31/33 12:00 Life till 1/31/1933: Hans Scholl 01/31/33 12:01 Life till 1/31/1933: Sophie Scholl 01/31/33 12:02 Life till 1/31/1933: Werner Scholl 01/31/33 12:05 Life till 1/31/1933: Traute Lafrenz 01/31/33 12:06 Life till 1/31/1933: Alexander Schmorell 01/31/33 12:07 Life till 1/31/1933: Christoph Probst 01/31/33 12:08 Life till 1/31/1933: Willi Graf 01/31/33 13:00 Life till 1/31/1933: Gisela Schertling 01/31/33 14:00 Life till 1/31/1933: Katharina Schüddekopf 01/31/33 15:00 Life till 1/31/1933: Wilhelm Geyer 02/01/33 12:00 Alex Schmorell joins Jung Stahlhelm 03/15/33 12:00 Hans Scholl to Jungvolk 01/15/34 12:00 Sophie Scholl joins Jungmaedel 01/15/34 13:00 Katharina Sch. exempted from BDM 02/15/34 12:00 Placeholder date: Gisela Schertling tonsilectomy 03/15/34 12:00 Gisela Schertling joins BDM/Jungmaedel 03/15/35 12:00 Hans Scholl to JV squad leader, Sophie Scholl to JM leader 03/31/35 12:00 Placeholder date: Katharina Schüddekopf passport 03/15/36 12:00 Sophie Scholl becomes JM squad leader 03/31/36 12:00 Placeholder date for issuance of Gisela Schertling's passport ("around 1936") 04/30/36 12:00 Katharina Sch passes Abitur 01/15/37 12:00 Katharina Sch. exempted from Reich Labor Service 03/15/37 12:00 Sophie Scholl becomes JM Group Leader (Gruppenfuehrerin) 03/31/37 12:00 End of Hans Scholl's schooling 04/01/37 12:00 Placeholder date for early Fritz Hartnagel and Sophie Scholl (Spring 1937) 04/04/37 12:00 Hans Scholl to Reich Labor Service 09/23/37 12:00 End of Hans Scholl's Reich Labor Service 11/04/37 12:00 Hans Scholl joined the cavalry (volunteered) 11/11/37 18:00 Arrest of Scholl sibling re buendische activity 03/15/38 12:00 Sophie Scholl kicked out of JM leadership; joins BDM 04/15/38 12:00 Start of Summer Semester 04/20/38 12:00 Gisela Schertling to Weimar, attends Dr. Weiss's school for girls 09/20/38 12:00 Intermediate report re Gisela Schertling's behavior 11/01/38 12:00 Hans Scholl to Tuebingen 03/15/39 12:00 Gisela Schertling joins Glaube + Schoenheit (Faith and Beauty) 03/20/39 12:00 Gisela Schertling leaves Weimar 03/31/39 12:00 Hans Scholl passes certification as medic and discharged to study medicine in Munich 04/01/39 12:00 Hans Scholl enrolls at university in Munich 04/01/39 13:00 Katharina Sch transfers to university in Berlin 04/20/39 12:00 Gisela Schertling enrolls at Spetzgart school for girls 06/15/39 12:00 Katharina Sch joins NS Student Union in Berlin 07/15/39 12:00 Hans Scholl to Grabnik (East Prussia) for harvest 07/15/39 13:00 Katharina Sch begins propaganda translations for NSDAP in Berlin 07/20/39 12:00 Placeholder date for Gisela's kindergarten training Date Time Activity 11/30/39 12:00 Hans Scholl works for Munich Streetcar Company. 03/11/40 12:00 Sophie Scholl Abitur 03/14/40 12:00 Gisela Schertling's first report card at Spetzgart 04/07/40 12:00 Hans Scholl re-called to duty 04/09/40 12:00 Hans Scholl shipped out to Kempten 05/10/40 12:00 Hans Scholl to Western Front 06/15/40 12:00 Placeholder date for Schertling family information 07/15/40 12:00 Placeholder date for Gisela Schertling agricultural service in Keila 09/22/40 12:00 Director at Spetzgart expresses concerns about Gisela Schertling's health 09/30/40 12:00 Hans Scholl Western Wall Badge 10/15/40 12:00 Hans Scholl returns to Munich 11/15/40 12:00 Katharina Sch transfers to university in Vienna 12/01/40 12:00 Hans Scholl early university (estimate date) 01/15/41 12:00 Hans Scholl medical prelims 03/15/41 12:00 Hans Scholl skiing with Rose Naegele 03/15/41 12:00 End of Froebel Seminar (Sophie Scholl and Susanne Hirzel) 03/22/41 12:00 Sophie Scholl notice re Reich Labor Service 03/22/41 12:00 Gisela Schertling passes Abitur at Spetzgart 04/01/41 12:00 Hans Scholl to Second Student Company 04/01/41 12:00 Hans and Alex meet 04/01/41 13:00 Start of Summer Semester 04/06/41 12:00 Reich Labor Service starts in Krauchenwies (Sophie Scholl and Gisela Schertling) 04/13/41 12:00 Easter 1941 06/22/41 12:00 Invasion of Russia 06/30/41 12:00 Windlicht starts. 07/31/41 12:00 Placeholder date for general information about Krauchenwies (RAD) 08/02/41 12:00 Gisela Schertling visits Scholls in Ulm 10/01/41 12:00 Gisela Schertling to Kapfenburg (KHD) 10/15/41 12:00 Sophie Scholl to Blumberg 10/24/41 12:00 Beginning of Hans Scholl's relationship with Carl Muth. 11/15/41 12:00 Placeholder date for Gisela Schertling to Uni-Jena 12/01/41 12:00 Placeholder date for Alex general information re White Rose 02/24/42 12:00 "Fundamental Command" leaflets 02/27/42 12:00 Death of Katharina Sch's father Friedrich Sch., middle ear infection 05/03/42 12:00 Fritz Hartnagel gives Sophie Scholl money (200 Marks?) 05/12/42 12:00 Christoph Probst meets Sophie Scholl at concert 05/12/42 12:01 Christoph Probst information 05/15/42 12:00 Placeholder date for Gisela Schertling to Uni-Freiburg 05/15/42 13:00 Placeholder date re Ulla Claudius 05/18/42 12:00 Placeholder date: Gisela visits Spetzgart 05/20/42 12:00 Katharina Sch meets Traute Lafrenz 05/24/42 12:00 Hans and Inge Scholl to Vorderriss (PENTECOST) 05/31/42 12:00 Placeholder date for "reasons" for leaflets 06/01/42 12:00 Sophie Scholl to Mandl-Str.1, Hans Scholl to Lindwurm-Str. 13 06/04/42 20:00 Mertens literary soiree (Sigismund von Radecki) 06/10/42 12:00 Hans and Willi meet 06/15/42 12:00 Placeholder date for White Rose name 06/15/42 17:00 Purchase of Greif duplicating machine. 06/18/42 12:00 First leaflet written 06/20/42 12:00 Production of first leaflet Date Time Activity 06/24/42 20:00 Soiree at Schmorells' villa 06/27/42 12:00 First leaflet mailed 06/28/42 12:00 Placeholder date for funds from Carl Muth (June 1942). 06/29/42 12:00 Second leaflet written 06/30/42 12:00 Second leaflet mailed 06/30/42 14:00 Placeholder date: Sophie's letter to Gisela, "come to Munich" 06/30/42 17:00 Third leaflet written 07/01/42 12:00 Third leaflet mailed 07/01/42 18:00 Placeholder date for others talking about leaflets 07/02/42 12:00 Placeholder date: Fritz Hartnagel gives Sophie Scholl another 100 Marks 07/07/42 20:00 Placeholder date: Traute/Katharina conversations ("mid-summer") 07/11/42 12:00 Fourth leaflet written 07/12/42 12:00 Fourth leaflet mailed 07/15/42 12:00 Placeholder date for Traute break-up with Hans Scholl Eickemeyer invitation-only reading at studio: Rousset, Traute, Katharina, Furtmeier (NO 07/16/42 20:00 SCHOLL) 07/19/42 12:00 Everyone goes to Zell to visit the Probst family 07/20/42 12:00 Shutting down White Rose work before Russia. 07/22/42 20:00 Farewell party at Eickemeyer's studio 07/23/42 7:00 Left for Russian front 08/03/42 12:00 Gisela Schertling to Presswerk Th. (Voluntary War-Time Service, armament factory) 08/30/42 12:00 Gisela Schertling extends service at Presswerk Th. (armaments factory) 09/26/42 12:00 Gisela Schertling's work at Presswerk Thuringia ends (employer reference same date) 10/15/42 12:00 Ruth Duesenberg to Scholls (Ulm) 11/12/42 12:00 Return from Russian Front. 11/15/42 12:00 Hans and Sophie Scholl move to Franz-Joseph-Str. 13 11/15/42 12:01 Willi Graf moves to Mandl-Strasse 1 11/20/42 12:00 Discussions in Ulm 11/27/42 12:00 Start of Winter Semester 1942/43. 11/28/42 12:00 First trip to Stuttgart 11/28/42 12:01 Placeholder date for fundraising LIES (how they covered) 11/28/42 23:59 Trip to Chemnitz to visit Falk Harnack 11/29/42 12:00 Birth of Ruth Duesenberg's child 11/29/42 20:00 Party at Scholls (Willi, Anneliese, Christl). 12/01/42 12:00 Sophie Scholl picks up her suitcase from Mandl-Strasse 1 and meets Anneliese Graf 12/08/42 20:00 Edwin Fischer concert 12/11/42 12:00 Gisela Schertling arrives in Munich 12/14/42 12:00 Sophie visits Gisela (no Hans) Discussion regarding umbrella organization and expanded operations. 12/15/42 12:00 (Estimated date) 12/15/42 15:00 Sophie Scholl introduces Gisela Schertling to Hans Scholl 12/16/42 12:00 Placeholder date re accommodation address (set up) 12/17/42 13:00 Huber to Scholls' rooms (Willi Graf, Bumke, Leibniz theodicy) 12/18/42 12:00 Anneliese Graf moves to Mandl-Strasse 1 12/19/42 12:00 Hans, Sophie, Gisela visit Carl Muth 12/20/42 8:00 Purchase of Roto Praziosa duplicating machine. 12/20/42 12:00 Hans Scholl to Kurt Huber's home. 12/20/42 20:00 Bach Chorale (Willi Graf) Christmas concert. Almost everyone attends. 12/20/42 22:00 After party for Bach Chorale Christmas concert (White Rose friends) Date Time Activity 12/20/42 23:00 Gisela Schertling returns home for the holidays 12/21/42 12:00 Hans Scholl to Aachen? 12/21/42 23:00 Sophie Scholl as bookkeeper for White Rose friends 12/25/42 12:00 Monheim family to Munich 12/25/42 12:00 Christmas with the Schmorell family 12/25/42 12:05 Christmas with the Scholl family 12/25/42 12:15 Christmas with the Graf family 12/25/42 12:30 Christmas with the Probst family 12/25/42 12:45 Lilo's Christmas 12/25/42 13:00 Christmas with the Schertling family 01/01/43 12:00 Placeholder date for White Rose supporters 01/03/43 12:00 Harald Dohrn and Christl to Tegernsee via Munich. 01/04/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling returns to Munich early 01/06/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel to Stuttgart for music competition 01/06/43 12:15 Hans Scholl visits Katharina Sch. 01/06/43 20:00 Hans and Gisela to concert at Bayr. Hof 01/06/43 22:00 Hans and Gisela to Eickemeyer's studio (discussion) 01/06/43 23:00 Hans Scholl persuades Gisela to come home with him, assault, morphine 01/08/43 12:00 Eickemeyer visits Scholls, concern invitation 01/08/43 20:00 Edwin Fischer concert, many people attend 01/08/43 22:00 After party at the studio 01/10/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel returns home, receives Sophie Scholl's letter 01/11/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel replies to Sophie Scholl's letter 01/11/43 20:00 First meeting of the new year Placeholder date: Gisela Schertling's perception of White Rose group, including 01/11/43 23:00 politics and friendships 01/12/43 9:00 Eickemeyer left for Cracow 01/12/43 10:00 Wilhelm Geyer to Eickemeyer's studio 01/12/43 12:00 Fifth leaflet written 01/12/43 13:00 Placeholder date for getting Remington typewriter a second time. 01/12/43 17:00 Placeholder date for general information regarding Geyer and Feuerle 01/13/43 16:00 Huber review of fifth leaflet (Alex leaves) 01/13/43 17:00 Gisela *and* Traute at Scholls for tea 01/13/43 20:00 Mandatory assembly at Deutsches Museum (Gauleiter Giesler). 01/15/43 12:00 Alex purchases materials for fifth leaflet 01/15/43 12:00 Original deadline for Leaflet V 01/15/43 20:00 Alex sees final version of fifth leaflet 01/15/43 23:00 Placeholder date for Hans Scholl behavior towards Gisela Schertling (sexual) 01/16/43 12:00 Hans and Sophie Scholl, Gisela Schertling to Zugspitze 01/17/43 17:00 Katharina Schüddekopf visits Hans Scholl; Gisela is present 01/18/43 20:00 Hans and Alex work on leaflets, while Sophie babysits Gisela 01/19/43 12:00 Placeholder date for daily routine and general friendships 01/19/43 20:00 Variete (Scholls, and others, with Gerhard Feuerle) 01/19/43 23:00 Hans-Alex-Sophie work on leaflets, Gisela alone in Sophie's room 01/20/43 23:30 Production of fifth leaflet 01/20/43 23:31 Costs associated with leaflets (placeholder date!) 01/21/43 12:00 Placeholder date for getting addresses at Deutsches Museum. 01/21/43 12:01 Sophie Scholl writes Hans Hirzel re 1/23/1943 rendezvous 01/21/43 17:00 Birth of Katharina ("Katja") Probst 01/22/43 12:00 Fritz Hartnagel airlifted from Stalingrad to Lemberg Date Time Activity 01/23/43 13:53 Sophie Scholl arrives in Ulm - no Hans Hirzel 01/24/43 8:00 Sophie Scholl "angry" letter to Hans Hirzel, orders meet on 1/25/1943 01/24/43 12:00 Placeholder date for consideration of sending leaflets to military (on the front). 01/24/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel writes Sophie Scholl (excuse about not meeting her 1/23/1943) 01/24/43 13:00 Hans Scholl purchases stamps 01/24/43 13:00 Hans Hirzel visits Walter Hetzel (Wilhelmsburg, Ulm) 01/25/43 12:00 Willi Graf purchases stamps 01/25/43 15:00 Sophie leaves for Augsburg with fifth leaflet 01/25/43 16:00 Sophie arrives in Augsburg, mails fifth leaflet 01/25/43 17:30 Sophie Scholl travels from Augsburg to Ulm 01/25/43 17:30 Sophie Scholl goes to Hirzels' home when Hans Hirzel fails to show 01/25/43 18:30 Sophie Scholl arrives in Ulm; to Hans Hirzel's house 01/25/43 20:15 Sophie departs Augsburg for Munich 01/25/43 21:06 Sophie arrives in Munich 01/26/43 6:00 Alex to Salzburg, Linz 01/26/43 22:00 Alex to Vienna Contentious discussions in studio: Harald Dohrn!, Wilhelm Geyer (Manfred Eickemeyer 01/27/43 19:00 already back in Cracow) 01/27/43 20:00 Susanne Hirzel mails leaflets in Stuttgart 01/27/43 22:00 Hans Scholl comments re Dohrn (mainly to Gisela) 01/27/43 23:00 Major scattering operation 01/28/43 4:00 Alexander Schmorell returns from trip to Vienna 01/28/43 12:00 Sophie Scholl letter to Hans Hirzel, inquiring about Stuttgart leaflet operation 01/29/43 1:30 Met back at Scholls' apartment 01/29/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel gives report to Sophie Scholl re leaflet operation in Stuttgart 01/29/43 20:00 Christoph wrote Leaflet #7 01/30/43 12:00 Placeholder date: Other people who generated Leaflet 5 01/30/43 20:00 Sophie Scholl's personal scattering operation (partly placeholder date) 01/31/43 12:00 Decision made re graffiti operation. 01/31/43 13:00 Placeholder date for other resistance movements 01/31/43 17:00 Alex makes template 01/31/43 20:00 Meeting with Christl, seventh leaflet, news about Herta and baby. 02/01/43 12:00 Alex creates template with help from Wilhelm Geyer 02/01/43 12:00 Placeholder date: Raimund Sammueller letter to Hans Scholl 02/01/43 12:01 Hans Scholl letter from Traute Lafrenz (date estimate) Placeholder date for Traute Lafrenz withdrawing from Hans Scholl (poor behavior 02/01/43 12:02 towards her) 02/01/43 20:00 Alexander Schmorell invites 30 Russian women to studio 02/03/43 12:00 Talk about needing sixth leaflet, Stalingrad (motivation) 02/03/43 19:00 Hans, Elisabeth, Sophie go out to eat for supper 02/03/43 20:00 Concert at Bayr. Hof 02/03/43 23:30 First graffiti operation. Hans, Alex, Willi. Black tar-based paint. 02/04/43 7:00 Unknown man distributes Leaflet V (at train station) 02/04/43 10:00 Observations re graffiti from the night before. 02/04/43 12:00 Sophie Scholl purchases stamps and envelopes 02/04/43 16:00 Haecker's reading 02/05/43 13:00 Josef Furtmeier visits Hans Scholl 02/06/43 8:00 Sophie leaves for Ulm, mother is ill 02/06/43 12:00 Hans Scholl and Gisela Schertling visit Carl Muth. Date Time Activity 02/06/43 21:00 Gisela stays over, Sophie gone 02/07/43 12:00 Zur Klause #1 (arrange next day's meeting) 02/07/43 16:00 Alex and Hans work on leaflet production (Gisela annoyed) 02/08/43 12:00 Zur Klause #2 (before first meeting) 02/08/43 14:00 First meeting begins 02/08/43 16:00 Conclusion of first meeting with Harnack 02/08/43 17:00 Gisela with Hans Scholl 02/08/43 20:00 Huber decides to write leaflet 02/08/43 23:30 Second graffiti operation. Willi and Hans. Green enamel paint. 02/09/43 9:00 Gisela sees graffiti (second time) 02/09/43 11:00 Meet at university before second meeting 02/09/43 11:15 Second meeting begins 02/09/43 11:30 Placeholder date and time for various political views 02/09/43 13:00 Huber hands over sixth leaflet 02/09/43 13:00 Conclusion of second meeting with Harnack 02/09/43 13:01 Student directory (placeholder date) 02/09/43 20:00 Hans and Alex strike line about glorious military 02/09/43 20:01 Production of sixth leaflet begins (including using Remington to type leaflets) 02/10/43 12:00 Decision re 2/18 scattering at university 02/10/43 12:00 Hans Scholl purchases stamps 02/10/43 12:15 Gisela Schertling purchases envelopes. 02/10/43 16:00 Hans Scholl leaves bedroom door open while working, Gisela figures it out 02/11/43 12:00 Alex burns uniform and paybook 02/12/43 16:00 Wolf Jaeger visits Hans Scholl 02/12/43 17:00 Willi Graf tells Hans Scholl he's leaving White Rose 02/12/43 18:00 Hans Scholl to Bergmannschule, tells Xaver to expect mail 02/12/43 18:00 Alex leaves Scholls' apartment, destination unknown 02/12/43 19:00 Gisela confronts Hans Scholl about leaflets, he tells all 02/12/43 19:30 Gisela reads Leaflet 6, says it is too caustic 02/13/43 9:00 Hans and Alex mail leaflets (rucksacks full) 02/13/43 12:00 Hans and Gisela visit Carl Muth 02/13/43 19:30 Hans Scholl instructions to Gisela in case of arrest 02/13/43 23:00 Hans Scholl sleeps with Gisela 02/14/43 10:00 Hans and Gisela breakfast, then walk in English Gardens 02/14/43 12:00 Hans and Gisela, lunch at Seehaus (English Gardens) 02/14/43 13:00 Hans and Gisela excursion to Gruenwald 02/14/43 19:30 Hans and Gisela return to Munich, eat at pub near Deutsches Museum 02/14/43 20:00 Production of bulk mailing 02/14/43 21:06 Sophie returned to Munich 02/14/43 23:00 Hans-Sophie-Gisela talk till 23:00, Gisela spends the night on Sophie's sofa 02/15/43 8:00 Breakfast (Hans-Sophie-Gisela) 02/15/43 9:00 Hans and Sophie work in studio 02/15/43 12:00 Hans and Sophie eat lunch with Gisela (Franz-Joseph-Str. 13) 02/15/43 13:00 Hans and Alex to studio to work 02/15/43 15:00 Otl Aicher and Sophie to English Gardens with Gisela 02/15/43 18:00 Gisela-Sophie-Otl back to Franz-Joseph-Str. 13 to wait for Hans 02/15/43 20:00 Otl Aicher returns to Carl Muth's house in Solln 02/15/43 21:00 Gisela gives up and goes home 02/15/43 23:30 Third graffiti operation. Hans, Alex, Willi. Black tar-based paint. Date Time Activity 02/15/43 23:30 Last time Willi Graf saw the Scholls before 2/18. 02/16/43 10:00 Sophie meets Gisela at the university 02/16/43 12:00 Sophie and Gisela eat lunch 02/16/43 12:45 Hans Scholl calls Gisela to borrow money re Stuttgart 02/16/43 13:00 Hans Scholl back to Franz-Joseph-Str. 13 02/16/43 15:00 Sophie and Gisela mail leaflets 02/16/43 16:00 Sophie affixes stamps 02/16/43 16:01 Sophie and Gisela clean the studio 02/16/43 18:00 Sophie and Gisela finished cleaning, Gisela goes home 02/16/43 20:00 Duplicating machine to studio basement 02/16/43 21:00 Hans Scholl to Josef Soehngen 02/16/43 23:00 Hans Scholl to Gisela Schertling 02/17/43 9:00 Hans and Gisela leave her apartment 02/17/43 10:00 Gisela Schertling to classes, Hans Scholl to apartment 02/17/43 12:00 Hans-Sophie-Gisela have lunch at Franz-Joseph-Str. 13 02/17/43 15:00 Gisela Schertling back to her apartment 02/17/43 18:00 Dinner at Seehaus (Hans, Sophie, Gisela) 02/17/43 20:00 Hans-Sophie-Gisela back to Franz-Joseph-Str. 13 02/17/43 22:00 Gisela Schertling back to her apartment 02/18/43 8:00 Sophie Scholl skips Professor Gerlach's class 02/18/43 8:30 Hans Scholl gets up 02/18/43 9:00 Breakfast at Franz Joseph Str. 13 02/18/43 9:30 Mail delivered at Franz Joseph Str. 13 02/18/43 10:00 Gisela, Traute, Willi attend Prof. Huber's lecture 02/18/43 10:05 Katharina Sch at lecture in university building 02/18/43 10:25 Wilhelm Geyer meets with a potential customer in Stuttgart 02/18/43 10:30 Scholls leave for the university 02/18/43 10:35 Scholls' goodbye to Alex Schmorell at Siegestor Willi and Traute leave Huber's class early and run into Hans and Sophie outside the main 02/18/43 10:44 university building 02/18/43 10:45 Hans and Sophie distribute most of the leaflets (Alex standing watch outside) 02/18/43 10:50 As students start to leave class, Hans and Sophie head to the third floor Willi and Traute discuss their misgivings on the streetcar headed to their next class 02/18/43 10:51 (across town) 02/18/43 10:58 Sophie throws the leaflets over the balcony. 02/18/43 11:00 Jakob Schmid spots the Scholls (but cannot see them clearly) 02/18/43 11:00 Otl Aicher goes to the Scholls' apartment as planned to meet them for lunch 02/18/43 11:05 Sophie hides key in Room 238 02/18/43 11:10 Schmid apprehends them 02/18/43 11:13 Schmid takes the Scholls to Haefner's (alt. Hefner's) office 02/18/43 11:14 University is locked down 02/18/43 11:15 Gestapo at the university 02/18/43 11:16 Hans rips up Christl's leaflet 02/18/43 11:18 Gestapo found shawl wrapped around leaflets 02/18/43 11:30 Otl Aicher to Scholls Gestapo in Ulm goes to Scholl residence, collects correspondence, no search. Parents do 02/18/43 12:00 not know about the arrest. 02/18/43 12:15 Hans and Sophie led from university; Hans calls out to Gisela 02/18/43 12:16 Gisela Schertling leaves university for Scholls' apartment 02/18/43 12:30 Metternich is arrested and brought in for questioning Date Time Activity 02/18/43 12:30 Planned lunch with Otl Aicher (Scholls) 02/18/43 12:30 Gisela Schertling to Scholls' apartment 02/18/43 12:40 Katharina Sch learns of arrests 02/18/43 13:00 Gisela Schertling taken into custody (first time) 02/18/43 14:00 Alex calls Josef Söhngen to warn him about Hans' arrest 02/18/43 14:05 Traute eats lunch with Katharina Sch 02/18/43 14:20 Alex visits Nikolai and gets his passport 02/18/43 14:30 Miele Roters forges the passport for Alex 02/18/43 14:35 Robert Mohr nearly releases Hans and Sophie Scholl Reichstudentenf. Scheel visits with Sophie, instructs Mohr not to level false accusations 02/18/43 14:38 against a German student 02/18/43 15:15 Alex calls Willi Graf and asks to meet him 02/18/43 15:45 Willi meets Alex. Together they try to call Hans Scholl. 02/18/43 16:00 Lockdown of university is lifted 02/18/43 16:05 Willi leaves for Pasing to have dinner with his cousins Some of the evidence (e.g. the Erika typewriter) is brought back from the search of the 02/18/43 16:10 Scholls' rooms 02/18/43 16:30 Initial interrogations 02/18/43 17:00 Search of Scholls' apartment is completed 02/18/43 17:01 Initial interrogation of Gisela Schertling 02/18/43 17:05 Gestapo returns with remaining evidence and Otl Aicher to Wittelsbacher Palace 02/18/43 17:10 Otl Aicher briefly sees Hans Scholl 02/18/43 17:30 Mohr learns of the damning evidence 02/18/43 18:00 Break in the interrogation for supper 02/18/43 18:05 Sophie meets Else Gebel for the first time 02/18/43 18:30 Metternich is released 02/18/43 18:31 Continuation of Gisela Schertling interrogation 02/18/43 18:45 Gerhard Feuerle is arrested, suspected of having made the template 02/18/43 19:00 Gestapo shows up at Geyer's home in Ulm to take him in, but he is in Stuttgart. Willi Graf has supper with his family and asks about potential candidates for a new 02/18/43 19:01 resistance movement 02/18/43 20:00 Second interrogations begin (Hans and Sophie Scholl) 02/18/43 22:00 Gestapo searches Willi Graf's room 02/18/43 22:15 Gisela Schertling goes into hiding 02/18/43 22:30 Gestapo pieces together Christoph Probst's leaflet 02/18/43 23:00 Wilhelm Geyer gets home late. Inge Scholl appears at the Geyer's home and asks Wilhelm Geyer to take Hans Hirzel's 02/18/43 23:30 message from 2/17/1943 to Sophie, since they may be in danger. 02/18/43 23:59 Willi and Anneliese Graf are arrested First interrogations of Hans and Sophie Scholl end with their confessions after postage 02/19/43 4:00 stamps are shown to Hans Scholl. He gives up Christoph Probst's name. 02/19/43 12:00 Planned "tea party" with Alfred von Martin (Hans Scholl) 02/19/43 12:05 Additional "CSI" type work 02/19/43 16:00 Otl Aicher to Ulm, tells Scholl parents about arrests 02/19/43 16:20 Bormann telex re military status 02/19/43 17:00 Traute Lafrenz to Scholl apartment, retrieves some personal effects 02/19/43 18:00 Traute Lafrenz to Ulm, tells Scholl parents about arrests 02/19/43 20:00 Wilhelm Geyer to Ulm, tells Scholl parents about arrests 02/20/43 12:00 Hans Scholl third interrogation 02/20/43 12:00 Sophie Scholl's third interrogation Date Time Activity 02/20/43 14:00 Travel advances paid (People's Court) 02/20/43 18:00 Hans Scholl fourth interrogation 02/21/43 12:00 Hans Scholl fifth interrogation 02/21/43 18:00 Hans Scholl sixth interrogation 02/21/43 19:00 Christoph Probst interrogated about Leaflet VII 02/21/43 19:30 Pre-trial conference (Weyersberg and Bischoff) 02/21/43 20:00 Arrest warrants for Scholls and Christoph Probst 02/21/43 22:15 Defense attorneys appointed 02/21/43 22:30 Pre-trial conference with Scholls 02/22/43 7:30 Traute and Werner leave for Munich 02/22/43 8:00 Deadline for defendants to enter a plea and present evidence 02/22/43 8:00 University resolution served on Scholl and Probst 02/22/43 8:05 Probst conference with defense attorney 02/22/43 9:00 Transfer from Wittelsbacher prison to courtroom 02/22/43 9:30 Freisler and Stier arrive by train in Munich 02/22/43 9:59 Gisela Schertling returns to classes at university 02/22/43 10:00 Trial opens 02/22/43 10:05 Robert Mohr and other Gestapo agents arrive 02/22/43 10:30 Leo Samberger stumbles upon the trial 02/22/43 10:35 Prosecution decides not to call witnesses, except for Möll 02/22/43 10:59 Gisela Schertling meets [male] student at dairy 02/22/43 11:00 Beginning of trial 02/22/43 11:05 Trial officially starts 02/22/43 11:15 Read indictment and leaflets into record 02/22/43 11:25 Called Möll as expert witness 02/22/43 11:30 Recess for lunch 02/22/43 11:35 Cheers for Jakob Schmid 02/22/43 11:40 Scholl parents arrive at train station 02/22/43 11:45 Defense 02/22/43 11:55 Prosecution and defense sentencing requests 02/22/43 11:58 Scholl parents enter courtroom 02/22/43 12:15 Deliberation 02/22/43 12:35 Verdict 02/22/43 12:45 Adjourns 02/22/43 12:50 Samberger and Scholl head for DA's office re clemency petition 02/22/43 13:45 Prison intake records, first trial 02/22/43 14:00 Clemency petition filed for Scholls 02/22/43 14:00 Cover pages for Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst 02/22/43 14:15 Hans Scholl visits with parents 02/22/43 14:30 Sophie Scholl visits with parents 02/22/43 14:40 Hans Scholl encounters Robert Mohr (maybe, possibly fiction) 02/22/43 14:50 Sophie Scholl refuses Robert Mohr's "straw" (maybe, possibly fiction) 02/22/43 15:00 Evidence removed from courtroom and appropriated by court 02/22/43 16:00 Pardon refused for Sophie Scholl 02/22/43 16:02 Pardon refused for Hans Scholl 02/22/43 16:04 Pardon refused for Christoph Probst 02/22/43 16:30 Prison chaplains visit Scholls and Probst 02/22/43 16:30 Sophie Scholl's last words with Chaplain Alt 02/22/43 17:00 Execution of Sophie Scholl 02/22/43 17:01 Arrest of Susanne Hirzel Date Time Activity 02/22/43 17:02 Execution of Hans Scholl 02/22/43 17:05 Execution of Christoph Probst 02/22/43 18:30 Scholl family met Leo Samberger for dinner 02/22/43 18:45 Samberger drafted clemency petition for Christoph Probst 02/22/43 18:50 Telex to Berlin about executions 02/22/43 18:50 Telegram re executions 02/23/43 12:00 Cover pages for execution volumes, first trial 02/23/43 12:01 Execution record, first trial 02/23/43 12:02 Certified copies of documents, first trial 02/23/43 12:03 Clemency files 02/23/43 12:04 Cover sheet for expenses 02/23/43 12:05 Expenses and invoices, Trial #1 (except for individual expense reports) 02/24/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling interrogation 02/24/43 12:00 Expense reports filed, Trial #1, People's Court 02/24/43 21:00 Scholls and Traute Lafrenz visit Gisela Schertling 03/01/43 10:00 Gisela's mother and sister visit her in Munich Gisela Schertling sees Traute Lafrenz at concert at Bayr. Hof, tells her she told Gestapo 03/01/43 20:00 about Professor Kurt Huber 03/02/43 12:00 Hartnagel clemency petition forwarded to Berlin 03/03/43 12:00 Personal effects, Scholls and Probst 03/11/43 12:00 Hans Hirzel interrogation 03/23/43 12:00 Initial interrogation of Katharina Sch. 03/24/43 12:00 Interrogation #2 for Katharina Sch. 03/26/43 12:00 Interrogation #3 for Katharina Sch. 03/27/43 12:00 Letter from Katharina Sch. To Verena Schiel 03/27/43 13:00 Katharina Sch. C.V. 03/29/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling interrogation 03/29/43 13:00 Gestapo memo re Katharina Sch. Letter to Verena Schiel, and interrogation 03/29/43 13:55 Interruption of Gisela Schertling interrogation 03/29/43 15:00 Continuation of Gisela Schertling interrogation 03/29/43 17:00 Gisela Schertling taken into custody 03/30/43 12:00 Falk Harnack interrogation 03/30/43 12:01 Alexander Schmorell interrogation 03/31/43 12:00 Damning interrogation, Gisela Schertling 04/01/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling interrogation 04/01/43 13:00 Interrogation #4 for Katharina Sch. 04/02/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling interrogation 04/02/43 13:00 Interrogation (interview) of Gisela Schertling's parents 04/02/43 13:00 Interrogation #5 for Katharina Sch. 04/02/43 14:00 Power of Attorney filed for Gisela Schertling 04/03/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling C.V. 04/05/43 12:00 Gestapo memo re Gisela Schertling 04/05/43 15:00 Gisela Schertling transferred to Neudeck prison 04/06/43 12:00 Gisela Schertling arraignment 04/06/43 13:00 Gestapo memo re Katharina Sch. 04/08/43 12:00 Schertling documents 04/08/43 13:00 Katharina Sch. => Neudeck prison 04/10/43 10:00 Katharina Sch. Arraignment 04/10/43 10:45 Katharina Sch. Transfer to Stadelheim prison 04/13/43 13:00 Memo to Berlin re Special Court (Katharina Sch.) Date Time Activity 04/29/43 12:00 Expenses for second White Rose trial 05/04/43 12:00 Miscellaneous legal correspondence 06/07/43 12:00 Order re prison transfer: Katharina Sch. 06/07/43 12:01 Order re prison transfer: Gisela Schertling 06/07/43 12:02 Order re prison transfer: Traute Lafrenz 06/07/43 13:00 Intake request etc.: Katharina Sch. 06/07/43 13:01 Intake request etc.: Gisela Schertling 06/07/43 13:02 Intake request etc.: Traute Lafrenz 06/17/43 12:00 Actual prison transfer (to Rothenfeld): Katharina Sch. 06/17/43 12:01 Actual prison transfer (to Rothenfeld): Gisela Schertling