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Blessed Franz Jägerstätter O.F.S. (in English also spelt Jaegerstaetter) (20 May 1907 — 9 August 1943) (born as Franz Huber) was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed. He was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church.

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beatified by
Pope Benedict XVI
beatified date
2007-10-26
beatified place
Linz, Austria
birth date
1907-05-20
birth place
Austria-Hungary, Upper Austria, Sankt Radegund, Austria
death date
1943-08-09
death place
Germany, Nazi Germany, Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg an der Havel
title
Martyr

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