Traute Lafrenz: doctor and White Rose member
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p695 (Published 23 March 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p695
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Dear Editor
The moving obituary of Dr Traute Lafrenz describing the courage of her and other students in their resistance to the Nazi regime shows an inset photograph of two young people. The photograph is in fact that of the brother and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl, who, together with Alexander Schmorell were the founders of the White Rose group of which Traute Lafrenz was an active member. As indicated in the obituary, the Scholls were arrested and executed in February 1943, Alexander Schmorell met the same fate in July 1943.
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Dear Editor, thank you for this article on this inspiring doctor. I think the black and white photo in the printed journal is not of her, but of Sophie Scholl, another inspiring individual. Best wishes, Chinnu
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I thank our two correspondents for pointing out the error with the photograph featured in the print version. I chose the photo used in the online version, which is the canonical and full version (https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/380/bmj.p695.full). Another photo was used in print and the photo of Sophie Scholl was not captioned as it should have been. Apologies for the oversight and misleading presentation.
BW
Birte Twisselmann
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