Alexander Schmorell
(1917-1943)
Nazi resistance activist
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Alexander Schmorell (Russian: Александр Гугович Шморель, Aleksandr Gugovich Shmorel', 16 September 1917 – 13 July 1943) was a Russian-German student at Munich University who, with five others, formed a resistance group (part of the Widerstand) known as White Rose (German: Weiße Rose) which was active against the Nazi German regime from June 1942 to February 1943. In 2012, he was glorified as a saint and passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and is venerated by Orthodox Christians throughout the world.
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16 September 1917 Orenburg, Russia
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13 July 1943 (aged 25) Munich, Germany
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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