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Nobody knows for sure where the name came from.
The White Rose. By the summer of 1942, Hans and Alex had formed a close-knit group of friends who shared the same ideals and interests in music, art and philosophy. They soon recognized their shared disgust for Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich and the Gestapo. Soon they were joined by Christoph Probst , a level-headed, married soldier and father of three who was loved by everyone who knew him. Willi Graf was also a medical student and a devout Catholic who, despite the urging of friends and schoolmates, never joined the Hitler Youth and refused to acknowledge those who did.