![]() As a result, Grimminger met Inge, Hans and Sophie Scholl and came in contact with the White Rose resistance group. This office was located in the residential building of the Scholl family. In 1942 Eugen Grimminger took over the book-keeping office of his friend Robert Scholl, who had been denounced for "anti-state statements" and had to serve a four month prison sentence. He also helped people to flee to Switzerland, for which fake documents were necessary. Two years later, Eugen Grimminger became a self-employed certified auditor. In 1935 Grimminger lost his job because of his being married to a Jewish woman. In 1925 he became a dairy inspector of the association and in 1930 was auditor-in-chief and head of the department. The young married couple settled in Stuttgart, where Grimminger was employed as an auditor at the Association of Agricultural Cooperatives. The marriage with a Jewess was rejected in the circle of acquaintances and relatives. In 1922, he married Jenny Stern in Stuttgart. According to Grimminger, he adhered to Buddhist beliefs. He read books about Mahatma Gandhi and Buddhism and left the protestant church. ![]() After his war experiences he became a pacifist. Rosine Katharina, nee Salzmann (1858–1916)įranz Eugen Grimminger (29 July 1892 – 10 April 1986) was a member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany.Įugen Grimminger, son of a train driver, participated as a volunteer in the First World War and then worked as a civil servant in Crailsheim. Certified auditor, president of the Württembergischer Landesverbandes landwirtschaftlicher Genossenschaften
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