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Franz Jägerstätter
Austrian martyr and conscientious objector.
Born May 20th, 1907 in Sankt Radegund. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1943 at 36 years old in Brandenburg-Görden Prison (guillotine). [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon