Alexander Schmorell
Founder of the anti-Nazi White Rose (1917–1943)
Alexander Schmorell (16 September [O.S. 3 September] 1917 – 13 July 1943), also sometimes referred to as Saint Alexander of Munich, was a Russian-German student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 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. He was executed by the Nazi regime in 1943.2
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Born Sep 16, 1917, died Jul 13, 1943.1
Companies
- White RoseFounder3
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- 1WikidataAlexander Schmorell on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAlexander Schmorell on Wikipedia
- 3WikidataWhite Rose, Founder