The white stone floor of the university atrium contains an inlaid bronze memorial shaped like scattered leaflets. These stone pages mark the spot where Hans and Sophie Scholl were caught in nineteen forty-three while distributing flyers…
White Rose Resistance Trail
Walk the quiet streets and university halls of Munich to follow the peaceful, incredibly brave defiance of Hans and Sophie Scholl's anti-Nazi student resistance movement.
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1. Weiße Rose Stiftung e.V.
2. Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
The Geschwister-Scholl-Platz is a wide, stone-paved square directly in front of the main building of Ludwig Maximilian University. It features two large, circular fountains at its center, which are often surrounded by students sitting on…
3. Professor-Huber-Platz
Professor-Huber-Platz bears the name of Kurt Huber, a professor of musicology and psychology at the university here. In nineteen forty-three, Huber sat in a lecture hall across this square and drafted the final leaflet for the White Rose,…
4. St. Ludwig München
St. Ludwig sits at the end of Ludwigstrasse, distinguished by two massive, rounded towers covered in colorful, patterned tiles. It was the first church in Munich built in the Italian Romanesque style, commissioned by King Ludwig the First…
5. Odeonsplatz
Odeonsplatz features an open, yellow loggia modeled directly after the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. King Ludwig the First commissioned this square in the nineteenth century to give Munich a taste of Italian classicism. In November…
6. Drückebergergasse
Drückebergergasse is a narrow, nondescript alleyway tucked between the back of the Munich Residenz and the Theatine Church. During the Third Reich, locals used this passage to avoid passing the Feldherrnhalle, where a guard stood posted to…
7. Bavarian State Chancellery
The Bavarian State Chancellery anchors the park with a massive, glass-fronted rotunda wedged between two historic wings. It serves as the seat of the Bavarian government, housing the office of the state premier. Behind that modern glass…
8. Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
The Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus holds a massive, circular fountain encased in dark basalt. This square commemorates those persecuted by the Nazi regime, and its center features a bronze flame sculpture by Fritz Koenig. In…
9. Brienner Str. 20
The Palais Almeida at Brienner Straße twenty wears a facade of heavy, rusticated stone that contrasts with the lighter, classical lines of its neighbors. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, it served as the residence for the Portuguese…