Hans Hirzel (30 October 1924 – 3 June 2006) was a German resistance fighter.
[2] He was the younger brother of Susanne Hirzel, who was childhood friends with Sophie Scholl.
This group would receive the leaflets of the White Rose, which they would then copy and distribute in Ulm and the surrounding areas.
After his release, Hirzel went to Hans and warned him that the Gestapo had files on him and his sister Sophie.
[3][8] Hirzel, along with his sister Susanne, were arrested again shortly after the Scholl siblings' capture on February 18, 1943.