her siblings hans and sophie were arrested on february 18, 1943. elisabeth found this out from the newspaper. four days later, on the 22nd february, hans and sophie scholl and their fellow student christoph probst were sentenced to death in munich by the people's court chaired by judge roland freisler, who came from berlin for the sole purpose of the trial. around 5 p.m., the convicts were beheaded in munich's stadelheim prison. at the funeral of hans and sophie scholl on the 24th february, the parents and siblings inge, elisabeth and werner were present. three days later, on elisabeth's 23rd birthday, the scholl family was taken into custody in ulm, elisabeth scholl fell seriously ill in "protective detention" and was released after two months. she was the first of the scholls to be released from prison.