80th anniversary – death of the Scholl siblings
We quote the words of the White Rose Foundation e.V., which commemorate an anniversary. We join in this remembrance.
“Today marks the 80th anniversary of the execution of the defendants in the first White Rose trial. Hans and Sophie Scholl as well as Christoph Probst were brought before the People’s Court presided over by Roland Freisler around 10 a.m. The verdict was handed down just three hours later: death penalty. Yes This had previously been agreed informally between the Munich Gauleiter Giesler and the head of the Reich Chancellery Bormann. At 5 p.m. on the same day, Hans and Sophie Scholl as well as Christoph Probst were beheaded with the guillotine in the Munich-Stadelheim prison. (Source: Facebook page of the Weiße Rose Stiftung e.V.)
We received new showcases
Four high-quality showcases were made available to us from the holdings of the Halle City Archives after they had been discarded there.
The highlight is that the same showcases were also donated to the city archives about 30 years ago by the association of former Halle residents. Of course, Count Luckner was a member of this club, and so the circle closes. We are pleased about the enrichment of our museum and will be using the display cases for the next museum night at the latest.
 Die vom halleschen Stadtarchiv gespendeten Vitinen wurden mit einem Hänger abgeholt und auf unserem Innenhof zwischengelagert. |
 Die Vitrinen im Keller. Hier lagern auch die anderen hölzernen Exemplare. |
Donation from Bielefeld
Today we received a donation in kind from Bielefeld. It is a postcard (real copper intaglio card) showing Felix Graf von Luckner as a lieutenant captain. This card contains an original autograph of the Count on the front. Thank you very much for the donation in kind.
Michail Gorbatshev died
We remember this great person.