A small and poignant memorial exhibition inside the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich showcases the lives of the founders of the Weiße Rose (in English, “White Rose”) and holds artifacts that are central to their story of heroism in the face of brutal oppression. The White Rose was a resistance movement founded by siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Alexander Schmorell in the city of Munich in 1942. All three founders were enrolled students at the University of Munich. (Sophie was a student of biology and philosophy while Hans and Alexander…
