Geschwister-Scholl-Platz: Difference between revisions – Wikipedia

”'{{lang|de|Geschwister-Scholl-Platz}}”’ (Scholl Siblings Plaza) is a short semi-circular plaza located in front of the main building of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] ({{lang|de|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München}}), located on the [[Ludwigstrasse (Munich)|Ludwigstraße]] in [[Munich]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite map | publisher = Google Maps| title = Google Earth Maps| cartography = Unknown| year = 2007}}</ref> The plaza is named in memory of the [[Scholl siblings]], [[Sophie Scholl]] and [[Hans Scholl]], students at [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] during [[World War II]] who were among the founding members of the [[White Rose]] ({{lang|de|Weiße Rose}}) resistance movement.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Frey|first=Reed|date=2019|title=Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Resistance in Nazi Germany by Paul Shrimpton|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/nsj.2019.0012|journal=Newman Studies Journal|volume=16|issue=1|pages=124–125|doi=10.1353/nsj.2019.0012|s2cid=201765330 |issn=2153-6945|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[Image:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz02.JPG|thumbnail|left|350px|Street sign for Geschwister-Scholl-Platz in front of the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]]]

[[Image:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz03.JPG|thumbnail|center|350px|The plaza, showing the entrance for the main building of the university. In the foreground is the [[White Rose]] Memorial, a series of tile reproductions of the White Rose pamphlets scattered on the ground.]]