Robert Scholl

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Robert Scholl (1954)

Robert Scholl (born April 13, 1891 in Steinbrück, Geißelhardt community , † October 25, 1973 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician . He was the father of the Scholl siblings , who were active as members of the " White Rose " in the resistance against National Socialism .

Life

After completing secondary school, Robert Scholl attended the Württemberg School of Administration in Stuttgart. During the First World War he was an infantryman and medical soldier. In 1916 he married the nurse Magdalena Müller (1881–1958) and had six children with her: Inge (1917–1998), Hans (1918–1943), Elisabeth (1920–2020), Sophie (1921–1943), Werner (1922 –1944) and Thilde (1925–1926). In 1917, Robert Scholl was mayor in Ingersheim on the Jagst and in 1919 in Forchtenberg . After he was not re-elected in Forchtenberg in 1930, he took over the management of the Chamber of Crafts in Stuttgart. Therefore, the Scholls moved to Ludwigsburg .

In 1932 the Scholl family moved to Ulm , where Robert Scholl ran a law firm as an auditor and tax advisor . The Scholls' children spent their youth in Ulm.

The liberal -minded Robert Scholl was opposed to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), but initially had problems conveying his point of view to his children, who were still enthusiastic about the National Socialists. In 1942 Robert Scholl was sentenced to four months in prison and banned from his profession because of critical remarks about Adolf Hitler , whom he had described as the “scourge of God” . After the execution of Hans and Sophie Scholl on February 22nd, 1943, the family's situation worsened. In May 1943 Robert Scholl was sentenced to 18 months in prison for listening to foreign broadcasters .

After the Second World War , Robert Scholl was Lord Mayor of Ulm from June 1945 to 1948 . In this function he was also a member of the Provisional People's Representation for Württemberg-Baden . In the 1950s Robert Scholl founded the All-German People's Party (GVP) together with the later Federal Presidents Gustav Heinemann and Johannes Rau .

He devoted the rest of his life to preserving the spiritual legacy of his two children executed in the Third Reich . His grave, like that of his wife and children Hans and Sophie, is in the cemetery at Perlacher Forst in Munich .

literature

  • Scholl, b. Müller, Magdalene , in: Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802–2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 384 f .
  • Scholl, Robert , in: Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802–2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 385 f .

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personal data
SURNAME Scholl, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (GVP), MdL and father of the Scholl siblings
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinbrück , Baden-Wuerttemberg
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1973
Place of death Stuttgart