Willi Graf

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Willi Graf was a German medical student and devout Catholic who became a key member of the White Rose resistance group, opposing the Nazi regime and ultimately being executed for his involvement.

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Willi Graf canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic
German resistance member
human
medical student
arrestedIn Munich
arrestedOn 1943-02-18
causeOfDeath execution by beheading
commemoratedBy Stolperstein memorials
schools named after him in Germany
convictedBy Volksgerichtshof
convictedOf high treason
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath Nazi Germany
dateOfBirth 1918-01-02
dateOfDeath 1943-10-12
detainedAt Stadelheim Prison
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
employer Wehrmacht
ethnicGroup German
familyName Graf
fieldOfStudy medicine
fullName Willi Graf
givenName Willi
hasOccupation physician in training
student
hasSiblings Anneliese Knoop-Graf
ideology Christian humanism
languageSpoken German
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
memberOf White Rose
linked to: Weiße Rose
militaryBranch German Army
movement Christian resistance to Nazism
notableAssociate Alexander Schmorell
Christoph Probst
Hans Scholl
Kurt Huber
Sophie Scholl
notableFor moral courage in resisting Nazism
notableWork distribution of anti-Nazi leaflets with the White Rose
opposedTo Adolf Hitler
Nazi regime
participantIn German resistance to Nazism
White Rose leaflet campaigns
placeOfBirth Euskirchen
placeOfDeath Munich
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Munich
Saarbrücken
sexOrGender male

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White Rose hasMember Willi Graf
subject linked to: White Rose resistance group
Willi Graf fullName Willi Graf
Weiße Rose hasMember Willi Graf