2) Opposition 5: Moral Opposition: The White Rose (Hans Scholl)

Question 1

What was Hans’s father against?

Answer 1

Nazis.

Question 2

What influenced Hans?

Answer 2

Speeches full of hatred towards the Nazis influenced him and he left the Hitler Youth.

Question 3

After leaving the Hitler Jugend, what did Hans join?

Answer 3

After leaving the HJ, Hans joined the Deutsche Jugend, an anti-Nazi group.

Question 4

Whilst on the war front, what did he see?

Answer 4

Whilst on the war front, Hans saw the atrocities committed by the German army against Jews and Russian war prisoners and these experienced made him determined to actively resist the Nazi regime.