Alexander Schmorell and his small circle of friends were the the first Germans to publicly protest the Holocaust during WWII. News articles covering the "canonizing" of the anti-Nazi activist Alexander Schmorell on domradio.de here:
http://www.domradio.de/aktuell/79629/die-russisch-orthodoxe-kirche-spricht-alexander-schmorell-heilig.html
and in the Mittelbayerische here:
http://www.mittelbayerische.de/nachrichten/oberpfalz-bayern/artikel/widerstandskaempfer_schmorell_/753502/widerstandskaempfer_schmorell_.html
Jim Forest gives us a summary of Schmorell's life in English here:
http://www.jimandnancyforest.com/2011/02/02/alexander-schmorell-a-witness-in-dark-times/
Photos of the canonization service can be seen on Pravmir here:
http://www.pravmir.com/canonization-in-munich-saint-alexander-schmorell/
His organization, the White Rose Society still exists. See here.
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