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Historical Timeline

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Historical Timeline

The chro­no­lo­gi­cal sequence of all events that have shaped the dor­mi­t­ory and the asso­cia­ti­on behind it can be found here. The head­lines of the ent­ries are lin­ked to fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on on the pages of dor­mi­t­ory and asso­cia­ti­on history.

Sum­mer of 1942

First Actions of the „White Rose”

The stu­dent resis­tance group against the Natio­nal Socia­list Hit­ler regime, the „White Rose”, to which Hans and Sophie Scholl belon­ged, began dis­tri­bu­ting leaf­lets in Munich from the sum­mer of 1942, cal­ling for an end to the Nazi dic­ta­tor­ship and the war.
Sum­mer of 1942

18. Febru­ary 1943

Arrest of the Scholl siblings while distributing the 6th leaflet

Around 11 o’clock, the Scholl siblings dis­tri­bu­te the sixth leaf­let in front of the lec­tu­re halls at the main buil­ding of LMU, drop­ping the remai­ning pam­phlets in the atri­um. They are dis­co­ver­ed and detai­ned by the caret­a­ker Jakob Schmid, then short­ly after arres­ted by the Gestapo.
18. Febru­ary 1943

22. Febru­ary 1943

Execution of the Scholl siblings and Christoph Probst

Hans and Sophie Scholl, along with Chris­toph Probst, are sen­ten­ced to death by Roland Freis­ler wit­hout any fair tri­al and are exe­cu­ted on the same day in Munich-Sta­del­heim pri­son by guil­lo­ti­ne. Hans Scholl shou­ted „Long live free­dom” at the scaffold.
22. Febru­ary 1943

1955

First plans

First con­side­ra­ti­ons within the Social Demo­cra­tic Aca­de­mic Asso­cia­ti­on regar­ding the con­s­truc­tion of a stu­dent resi­dence to address the housing shorta­ge after the end of World War II.

Their aim was to inspi­re young indi­vi­du­als for social demo­cra­cy, hence choo­sing the name „Geschwis­ter Scholl” (Scholl Siblings). This name was inten­ded as a tri­bu­te to two cou­ra­ge­ous young indi­vi­du­als who sacri­fi­ced their lives for free­dom and democracy.
1955

13. June 1956

Formation of the Association

Foun­da­ti­on of the asso­cia­ti­on on the initia­ti­ve of a tri­par­ti­te com­mit­tee: Mar­chio­ni­ni, Koch, Vogel.

Prof. Alfred Mar­chio­ni­ni is elec­ted as the association’s chair­man, and Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel as the mana­ging direc­tor. Bava­ri­an Prime Minis­ter Dr. Wil­helm Hög­ner beco­mes the association’s patron.
13. June 1956

18. Decem­ber 1956

Choosing the architect

Dr. Hel­mut Rothe­mund and Robert Jenisch pro­po­se on Decem­ber 18, 1956, to com­mis­si­on Wer­ner Wir­sing with the plans for the construction.
18. Decem­ber 1956

25. March 1959

Laying of the foundation stone

The con­s­truc­tion of House 1 begins.
25. March 1959

1959

Helga Grebing becomes director of the dorm and Robert Jenisch becomes managing director.

Dr. Hel­ga Gre­bing is appoin­ted as the first dorm direc­tor. Robert Jenisch takes over the ongo­ing affairs of the asso­cia­ti­on. He remains as mana­ging direc­tor until his death on Octo­ber 20, 2016.
1959

7. Janu­ary 1960

Inauguration of the student dormitory

The offi­ci­al inau­gu­ra­ti­on of the dor­mi­t­ory on Janu­ary 7, 1960, mark­ed by the arri­val of the first stu­dents and a speech by Hans-Jochen Vogel.
7. Janu­ary 1960

17. Febru­ary 1962

Unveiling of the monument.

Unvei­ling of the monu­ment of the Scholl siblings by Chris­ti­ne Stad­ler, dona­ted by the IG Metall in Bavaria.

Am Denkmal: (v.l.) Dr. Marchionini, Frau Dr. Marchionini, Alexander Graf von Stauffenberg
17. Febru­ary 1962

1. May 1962

Josef Maisch becomes dorm director

On May 1, 1962, Josef Maisch suc­cee­ded Hel­ga Gre­bing as the dormitory’s director.
1. May 1962

July 1963

The construction of House 2 begins.

Con­s­truc­tion of a second house for the stu­dent dor­mi­t­ory beg­ins on the adja­cent plot.
July 1963

April 1964

Opening of House 2

Com­ple­ti­on of House 2 leads to addi­tio­nal 98 sin­gle rooms.

April 1964

6. April 1965

Alfred Marchionini passes away

Alfred Mar­chio­ni­ni, the first chair­man of the asso­cia­ti­on, pas­ses away at the age of 66.

6. April 1965

1965

Feodor Lynen becomes the new chairman

Prof. Dr. Feo­dor Lynen, Direc­tor of the Max Planck Insti­tu­te for Cell Che­mis­try and Nobel Lau­rea­te in Medi­ci­ne, is elec­ted as the suc­ces­sor of Alfred Mar­chio­ni­ni as chairman.
1965

1979

Edgar Lüscher becomes the new chairman

After the death of Prof. Dr. Feo­dor Lynen on August 6, 1979, Prof. Dr. Edgar Lüscher, Expe­ri­men­tal Phy­si­cist at the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich, is elec­ted as the suc­ces­sor as chair­man of the association.
1979

1986

Karl-Heinz Hammermüller is appointed as the director of the dormitory

Fol­lo­wing the pas­sing of Josef Maisch on Sep­tem­ber 25, 1986, the edu­ca­tor Karl-Heinz Ham­mer­mül­ler assu­mes the posi­ti­on of the new dor­mi­t­ory director.
1986

1992

Siegfried Borelli is appointed as the new chairman

Appro­xi­m­ate­ly two years after the pas­sing of Prof. Dr. Edgar Lüscher, the der­ma­to­lo­gist Prof. Dr. Dr. Sieg­fried Borel­li beco­mes the new chair­man of the asso­cia­ti­on. He was a for­mer assistant of Alfred Marchionini.
1992

1999

Completion of the roof expansions

The expan­si­on of the attics in House 1 and House 2 is completed.
1999

Janu­ary 2002

Tilmann Breitbach is appointed as new dorm director

After the pas­sing of Karl-Heinz Ham­mer­mül­ler on May 4, 2001, the archi­tect Til­mann Breit­bach assu­mes the posi­ti­on as the new resi­den­ti­al direc­tor. Nota­b­ly, during his ten­ure, he over­saw the con­s­truc­tion of House 3, initi­al­ly draf­ting plans and later super­vi­sing the con­s­truc­tion activities.
Janu­ary 2002

5. June 2010

50th Anniversary

50th Anni­ver­sa­ry Cele­bra­ti­on of the Stu­dent Dormitory

5. June 2010

12. Novem­ber 2010

Hans Scholl exhibition

The ope­ning cerem­o­ny of the Hans Scholl Exhi­bi­ti­on with a speech by Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel in the dormitory’s hall.

12. Novem­ber 2010

2016

Thomas Knappstein becomes managing director

After the pas­sing of Robert Jenisch on Octo­ber 20, 2016, Tho­mas Knappstein was appoin­ted as the new Mana­ging Direc­tor by the association.
2016

22. Febru­ary 2018

Commemoration ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the death of the Scholl siblings

Repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from the board and resi­dents lay wreaths at the gra­ve­si­te of Hans and Sophie Scholl on the 75th anni­ver­sa­ry of their death. Sub­se­quent­ly, a com­me­mo­ra­ti­on cerem­o­ny takes place in the dormitory’s hall.

Kranzniederlegung am Grab der Geschwister Scholl
22. Febru­ary 2018

July 2018

The commencement of construction work for House 3

The con­s­truc­tion for the third pha­se com­men­ces with the demo­li­ti­on of the old gara­ges bet­ween House 1 and House 2.
July 2018

2019

Alexandra Filser becomes director of the dorm

Til­mann Breit­bach reti­red in 2019 due to age-rela­ted reasons, after which the respon­si­bi­li­ty for the manage­ment was han­ded over to the head of admi­nis­tra­ti­on, Alex­an­dra Fils­er. Her exten­si­ve ten­ure in the admi­nis­tra­ti­on has gran­ted her a deep under­stan­ding of the Schollheim.
2019

Janu­ary 2020

Siegrfried Borelli resigns as chairman

Sieg­fried Borel­li steps down from the posi­ti­on of chair­man of the asso­cia­ti­on after 28 years due to reasons of age and health. The board of the asso­cia­ti­on deci­des to con­fer upon him the title of Hono­ra­ry Chairman.
Janu­ary 2020

7. Janu­ary 2020

Peter von Rüden is elected as chairman

The gene­ral assem­bly elects on Janu­ary 7, 2020, the his­to­ri­an and media scho­lar Prof. Dr. Peter von Rüden as the suc­ces­sor to Sieg­fried Borel­li as chair­man of the association.
7. Janu­ary 2020

14. Janu­ary 2020

The inauguration ceremony for House 3 coincided with the 60th-anniversary celebration

On Janu­ary 14, 2020, House 3 was inau­gu­ra­ted in a grand cerem­o­ny, coin­ci­ding with the cele­bra­ti­on of the dormitory’s 60th anni­ver­sa­ry. Spee­ches and key­note addres­ses were deli­ver­ed by Munich’s Mayor Die­ter Rei­ter, co-foun­der Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel, and Chair­man Prof. Dr. Peter von Rüden.

14. Janu­ary 2020

2020

Friedrich Graffe becomes the next managing director

In May 2020, Tho­mas Knappstein step­ped down from his posi­ti­on as mana­ging direc­tor of the asso­cia­ti­on, due to his workload in his pri­ma­ry job. Fried­rich Graf­fe suc­cee­ded him as mana­ging director.
2020

24.03.2021 – 05.04.2021

Traveling exhibition: „Sophie Scholl and the White Rose”

To com­me­mo­ra­te Sophie Scholl’s 100th bir­th­day, the dor­mi­t­ory hosts the tra­ve­ling exhi­bi­ti­on „Sophie Scholl and the White Rose” from March 24th, 2021, to April 5th, 2021.
24.03.2021 – 05.04.2021

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