Alexander Schmorell
Alexander of Munich | |
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Sidewalk monument of Schmorell near Munich University (based on a 1939 photo by Angelika Knoop-Probst, sister of Christoph Probst) | |
| 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 (O.S. 30 June) |
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 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. He was executed by the Nazi regime in 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.