Hans Hirzel

Hans Hirzel (30 October 1924 – 3 June 2006) was a German resistance fighter. He was a member of the Ulm high school graduate group around which the White Rose resistance group formed.

Early life Hans Hirzel, the son of the pastor Ernst Ulmer Hirzel, was born in Untersteinbach, Germany, on 30 October 1924. He was the younger brother of Susanne Hirzel, who was childhood friends with Sophie Scholl. His family moved to Ulm, where Hirzel's family quickly became best friends with the Scholl family. While Hirzel was closer in age to Sophie Scholl,

In 1943, he was arrested by the Gestapo, but was initially released again. After his release, Hirzel went to Hans and warned him that the Gestapo had files on him and his sister Sophie. Hirzel suggested that Scholl escape before he was captured by the Gestapo, but Scholl did not flee, as there was no way to leave Munich without endangering his family.

Hirzel, along with his sister Susanne, were arrested again shortly after the Scholl siblings' capture on February 18, 1943.