Saint Alexander Schmorell (16 September 1917 in Orenburg Russia; – 13 July 1943 in Munich) was one of five Munich University students who formed a resistance group known as White Rose (Weiße Rose) which was active against Germany’s Nazi regime from June 1942 to February 1943. In 2012 he was glorified as a New Martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
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