Elisabeth Hartnagel-Scholl

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Elisabeth Hartnagel (27 February 1920 – 28 February 2020) was the sister of anti-Nazi activists Hans and Sophie Scholl.

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Life

Elisabeth Hartnagel (then Scholl) grew up together with her siblings Inge (1917–1998), Hans (1918–1943), Sophie (1921–1943) and Werner (1922–1944) as well as half-brother Ernst Gruele (1915–1991) until 1930 in Forchtenberg, from 1930 to 1932 in Ludwigsburg and from 1932 in Ulm. [1] She was educated to Christian values by her mother Magdalena (1881–1958), who had been a deaconess until her marriage, and her father Robert Scholl, a liberal. Her siblings initially enthusiastically followed National Socialism and were members of the League of German Girls or Hitler Youth, but later became dissatisfied with the Nazi Regime. [2]

Scholl arrest and Sippenhaft

Her siblings Hans and Sophie as well as other students participated in the production and distribution of leaflets of the student resistance group "White Rose", which called for clear decisions against Hitler's dictatorship. They were arrested on February 18, 1943. Elisabeth found this out from the newspaper. Four days later, on February 22, Hans and Sophie Scholl and their fellow student Christoph Probst were sentenced to death in Munich by the People's Court chaired by Judge Roland Freisler, who came from Berlin for the sole purpose of the trial. [3] Around 5 p.m., the convicts were beheaded in Munich's Stadelheim Prison. At the funeral of Hans and Sophie Scholl on February 24, the parents and siblings Inge, Elisabeth and Werner were present. Three days later, on Elisabeth's 23rd birthday, the entire Scholl family was taken into custody in Ulm, except for brother Werner, who was on his way back to the Soviet front after his home leave. Elisabeth Scholl fell seriously ill in "protective detention" and was released after two months. [4] She was the first of the Scholls to be released from prison.

After the war

In October 1945, she married Fritz Hartnagel (1917–2001). Fritz had been Sophie's fiancé, and after the execution, Fritz and Elisabeth had been brought together from their shared grief at their loss. Together the couple had four children. After the death of her sister Inge Aicher-Scholl in 1998, Elisabeth began to speak about her siblings at schools and other educational institutions. She was committed to keeping the memory of her brother and sister alive. She died on 28 February 2020, one day after her hundredth birthday. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow. ISBN   978-1-338-30984-3. OCLC   1032720693.
  2. ↑ Cairns, John C.; Shirer, William L. (1961). "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". International Journal. 16 (2): 188. doi:10.2307/40198487. ISSN   0020-7020. JSTOR   40198487.
  3. ↑ Stern, Fritz; Hanser, Richard (1979). "A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students against Hitler". Foreign Affairs. 58 (2): 426. doi:10.2307/20040455. ISSN   0015-7120. JSTOR   20040455.
  4. ↑ Newborn., Jud (2017). Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Oneworld Publications. OCLC   1038628416.
  5. ↑ "Elisabeth Hartnagel, geb. Scholl (1920-2020) Eine Würdigung der Schwester von Sophie und Hans Scholl". www.lpb-bw.de. February 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2022.


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