Alexander Schmorell

Saint Alexander Schmorell
Saint Alexander Schmorell
	Vector drawing of Schmorell (from 1939 photo by Angelika Knoop-Probst, sister of Christoph Probst)
Saint and Passion bearer
Born	16 September 1917; Orenburg, Russian Empire
Died	13 July 1943 (aged 25); Munich, Nazi Germany
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	5 February 2012, Munich, Germany by ROCOR
Major shrine	Cathedral of the Holy New-Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Feast	13 July

Alexander Schmorell^[a] (16 September [O.S. 3 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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^ Hanser, Richard (2012). A noble treason : the story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Revolt against Hitler. San Francisco. ISBN 978-1-58617-557-3. OCLC 796754063.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Über das Leben und das Werk des Märtyrers Alexander von München. Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine In: Sobor.de, 30. September 2011.

[:0-2] Hanser, Richard (2012). A noble treason : the story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Revolt against Hitler. San Francisco. ISBN 978-1-58617-557-3. OCLC 796754063.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[sobor-3] Über das Leben und das Werk des Märtyrers Alexander von München. Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine In: Sobor.de, 30. September 2011.

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