White Rose resistance group

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The White Rose resistance group was a non-violent, student-led German resistance movement during World War II that opposed the Nazi regime through the distribution of anti-Nazi leaflets.

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instanceOf German resistance movement
non-violent resistance movement
philosopher
resistance group
resistance member
resistance member
resistance member
student activist
student activist
student movement
activeInPeriod World War II
arrestedBy Gestapo
basedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
calledFor overthrow of Hitler
passive resistance
commemoratedBy books
films
memorials at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
country Nazi Germany
endDate 1943
hasGermanName Weiße Rose
hasMember Alexander Schmorell
Christoph Probst
Hans Scholl
Kurt Huber
Sophie Scholl
Willi Graf
ideology Christian humanism
anti-totalitarianism
inspiredBy Christian ethics
classical philosophy
sermons of Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen
keyExecutionMethod guillotine
keyExecutionSite Stadelheim Prison
keyTrialDate 22 February 1943
location Munich
methodOfResistance distribution of leaflets
graffiti slogans
notableWork White Rose resistance group self-linksurface differs
surface form: White Rose leaflets
numberOfLeaflets 6
occupation professor of philosophy
opposed Nazi regime
opposedPolicy persecution of Jews
war of aggression
recognizedAs symbol of German resistance to Nazism
startDate 1942
triedBy People's Court
usedLanguage German

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White Rose resistance group notableWork White Rose resistance group self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: White Rose
this entity surface form: White Rose leaflets
Kurt Huber notableStudent White Rose resistance group
this entity surface form: members of the White Rose