Kurt Huber was born in Switzerland to German parents in 1893. Ensuing his father's death he moved to Munich where he became a Professor of philosophy in 1920. Huber found the National Socialist movement's ideologies appalling and after meeting Hans and Alexander at a lecture he decided to join in the resistance endeavors of the White Rose.
Professor Huber was the sole author of the sixth and final leaflet that was intended to target students, the leaflet called for the "flight against the party!" (Henderson 3). However, the sixth leaflet never entered into circulation because Hans and Sophie, while distributing the leaflet, were caught and arrested by the Gestapo.
It was not long after the Scholl's arrest that the Gestapo learned of Huber's participation in the White Rose, and on July 13th, 1943 he was stripped of his citizenship and executed for crimes of high treason and attempts to overthrow the regime. His legacy is honored with a square in his name located across the way from the University of Munich.
