Alexander Schmorell

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	Death and Executed
Years Imprisoned:	0.4
Year Crime:	1943
Year Convicted:	1943
Year Cleared:	1983
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Munich
Result:	Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution
Summary of Case:	"Alexander Schmorell was one of the White Rose defendants convicted of treason for participating in the production and/or distribution of leaflets in 1942 and 1943 exposing crimes committed by the German government in the name of the German people. On April 19, 1943 Schmorell was tried, convicted of treason, and sentenced to death along with co-defendants Professor Kurt Huber, Willi Graf. Ten other codefendants were convicted and given lesser sentences. Schmorell was beheaded on July 13, 1943, the same day as Huber. The White Rose participant's convictions were legislatively stripped of any legal force in 1983. (See, "The Law Under The Swastika - Studies on Legal History in Nazi Germany," Michael Stolleis, The University of Chicago Press (1992), p. 157, and endnote 21 at p. 243.) Also, on September 8, 2009 the German Parliament unanimously overturned all WWII convictions for treason. So even without the 1983 legislative action the treason convictions of all White Rose participants would have been overturned."
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Innocence Proved By:	"The White Rose participants convictions were legislatively stripped of any legal force in 1983. Also, on September 8, 2009 the German Parliament unanimously overturned all WWII convictions for treason. So even without the 1983 legislative action the treason convictions of White Rose participants would have been overturned."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Alexander Schmorell and the White Rose
Information Location 1:	http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERschmorell.htm
Information Source 2:	"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"
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Information Source 3:	"White Rose trial sentencing transcripts, libcom.org"
Information Location 3:	http://libcom.org/library/white-rose-sentencing-transcripts
Information Source 4:	"Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions, Associated Press article, Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-treason_09int.ART.State.Edition1.4c2d428.html
Information Source 5:	""The Law Under The Swastika - Studies on Legal History in Nazi Germany," Michael Stolleis, The University of Chicago Press (1992), p. 157, and endnote 21 at p. 243."
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Book About Case (2):	"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"
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Alexander Schmorell

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

0.4

Year Crime:

1943

Year Convicted:

1943

Year Cleared:

1983

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Munich

Result:

Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Alexander Schmorell and the White Rose

Information Location 1:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERschmorell.htm

Information Source 2:

"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

"White Rose trial sentencing transcripts, libcom.org"

Information Location 3:

http://libcom.org/library/white-rose-sentencing-transcripts

Information Source 4:

"Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions, Associated Press article, Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2009"

Information Location 4:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-treason_09int.ART.State.Edition1.4c2d428.html

Information Source 5:

""The Law Under The Swastika - Studies on Legal History in Nazi Germany," Michael Stolleis, The University of Chicago Press (1992), p. 157, and endnote 21 at p. 243."

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Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"

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