Editing White Rose (section)

== Origin of the name ==
Under Gestapo interrogation, Hans Scholl gave several explanations for the origin of the name "The White Rose", and suggested he may have chosen it while he was under the emotional influence of a 19th-century poem with the same name by German poet [[Clemens Brentano]].<ref>{{cite news|url =http://web.archive.org/web/20160309062659/https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/story-of-courage-amid-horrors-of-holocaust-1.4925210 | title = Story of courage amid horrors of Holocaust | work = Newsday | date = 2013-03-27| last = Hanc| first = John}}</ref> It has also been speculated that the name might have been taken from either the Cuban poet, Jose Marti's verse "[[Simple Verses|Cultivo una rosa blanca]]" or the novel ''Die Weiße Rose'' (''[[The White Rose (Traven novel)|The White Rose]]'') by [[B. Traven]], which Hans Scholl and Alex Schmorell had both read. They also wrote that the symbol of the white rose was intended to represent purity and innocence in the face of evil.<ref>{{cite book| last = Dumbach| first = Annette| last2 = Newborn| first2 = Jud| author-link2=Jud Newborn|title = Sophie Scholl & The White Rose| page = 58| year = 2006 | publisher = One world Publications| isbn = 978-1-85168-536-3}}</ref>

If the White Rose was indeed named after Traven's novel, Hans Scholl's interrogation testimony may have been intentionally vague in order to protect [[Josef Soehngen]], the anti-Nazi bookseller who had supplied this banned book. Söhngen had provided the White Rose members with a safe meeting place for exchange of information, and receipt of occasional financial contributions. Söhngen kept a stash of banned books hidden in his store, and had also hidden such books when being printed. <ref name="solving">{{cite book| last = Newborn| first = Jud| author-link=Jud Newborn|title = Solving Mysteries: The Secret of 'The White Rose'| year =  2006}}<br>{{cite web |last1=Newborn |first1=Jud |last2=Dumbach |first2=Annette |date=2006 |others=Foreword by Studs Terkel |title=Solving Mysteries: The Secret of "The White Rose" {{!}} Historical Addendum to: Spohie Scholl and the White Rose: The Remarkable German Students Who Defied Hitler |url=http://www.judnewborn.com/docs/Solving%20Mysteries%20-WhiteRoseArticle-Newborn.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713123540/http://www.judnewborn.com/docs/Solving%20Mysteries%20-WhiteRoseArticle-Newborn.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2011 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=judewborn.com}}&nbsp;{{small|(267&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>