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Sophie Scholl - Libraries Associated to Dandelon.Com Network © 2008 AGI-Information Management Consultants May be used for personal purporses only or by Sophie Scholl - libraries associated to dandelon.com network. Die letzten Tage Mit Beiträgen von Fred Breinersdorfer (Hg.), Ulrich Chaussy, Marc Rothemund und Gerd R. Ueberschär Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag Inhalt Vorwort. Von Fred Breinersdorfer 7 I. Die Flugblätter der Weißen Rose I 11 II 15 III 19 IV 23 Flugblätter der Widerstandsbewegung in Deutschland. Aufruf an alle Deutsche! 27 Das letzte Flugblatt. Kommilitoninnen! Kommilitonen! 29 Flugblattentwurf Christoph Probst, 28V29. Januar 1943 32 II. »Freiheit!« - Eine kurze Geschichte der Weißen Rose, erzählt von ihrem Ende her. Von Ulrich Chaussy Stalingrad und »Totaler Krieg« - Unmut im Reich, Tumult in München 37 Ermittlungen und Mutmaßungen — Die Gestapo auf der Suche 45 »Die Nacht ist des Freien Freund« - Die Weiße Rose in Aktion 50 Letzte Flugblätter im Lichthof — Die Verhaftung 58 Protokolle und Bekenntnisse - Die Verhöre bei der Gestapo 62 Aufrecht vor dem Henker - Freislers Justizmord an Christoph Probst sowie an Hans und Sophie Scholl 70 Das Schicksal der Freunde aus der Weißen Rose und ihre Vermächtnisse j$ III. Biographische Notizen. Von Ulrich Chaussy Hans Scholl 85 Alexander Schmorell 95 Christoph Probst 104 Sophie Scholl 112 Willi Graf 122 Kurt Huber 128 Else Gebel 135 Robert Mohr Ein Porträt und die Geschichte der Recherche 141 Roland Freisler 152 IV. Der Film. Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage Das Drehbuch. Von Fred Breinersdorfer 161 Inspiration durch Fakten - Bemerkungen zum Konzept des Films. Von Fred Breinersdorfer und Marc Rothemund 316 Besetzung und Team 331 V. Die Vernehmungsprotokolle von Mitgliedern der Weißen Rose. Von Gerd R. Ueberschär Anmerkungen zu historischen Quellenstücken der Gestapo 341 Hinweise zum Abdruck der nachfolgenden Dokumente 356 Vernehmung von Sophie Scholl 359 Vernehmung von Hans Scholl 391 Vernehmung von Christoph Probst 421 Vernehmung von Alexander Schmorell 437 VI. Kommentierte Auswahlbibliographie zur Weißen Rose. Von Ulrich Chaussy 469.
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