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Elisabeth Schmorell: Turn yourself in

. Alexander Schmorell . ,

On February 19, 1943, I called home again and this time was able to speak with my mother. My mother told me on the telephone that the police were there and that it would be good if I would voluntarily turn myself in. I told my mother I would, but in reality there was no way I could even consider that.

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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.

Alexander Schmorell’s childhood

. Alexander Schmorell . , , , , , , ,

I was born on September 16, 1917 in Orenburg / Russia. Regarding the reasons my birthday is also sometimes referred to as September 3, 1917, that has to do with the Russian calendar. [Note 1] At the time of my birth in Russia, my father worked [there] as a medical doctor. I do not know when my parents married. When I was 2 years old, my mother Natalie nee Wedenskaja died of typhus. I do not have any siblings. Continue reading →