The white rose movement was started by hans scholl, his sister sophie,christoph probst, will graf and alexander semore. Part of the few that spoke out against the nazis. Most of the white rose members had heard about the mass murder of the polish jews and wanted to stop it from continuing. At first they all wanted to join the hitler youth but they soon learned what hitler was really about and went against him,using the white rose movement.

The white rose members made leaflettes that they passed out or pinned up in public spaces to speak out about the bad things that hitler and his allies were doing. On the leaflettes they wrote about the horrible things that hitler was doing. They ended one leaflette with the words:we will not be silent,we