Franz Jägerstätter
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Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who became known for his conscientious objection to serving in Hitler’s army during World War II, for which he was executed and later beatified by the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franz Jägerstätter canonical | 4 |
| Jägerstätter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13034415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Jägerstätter Context triple: [A Hidden Life, mainCharacter, Franz Jägerstätter]
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A.
Maximilian Kolbe
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner at Auschwitz, becoming a symbol of self-sacrificial love and martyrdom.
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B.
Józef Kolbe
Józef Kolbe was the brother of Polish Franciscan friar and martyr Maximilian Kolbe, known primarily through this familial connection.
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C.
Hans Scholl
Hans Scholl was a German student and leading member of the non-violent resistance group White Rose, executed in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.
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D.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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E.
Franz von Baader
Franz von Baader was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for integrating Christian mysticism, speculative theosophy, and social criticism into a distinctive form of Romantic philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franz Jägerstätter Target entity description: Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who became known for his conscientious objection to serving in Hitler’s army during World War II, for which he was executed and later beatified by the Catholic Church.
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A.
Maximilian Kolbe
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner at Auschwitz, becoming a symbol of self-sacrificial love and martyrdom.
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B.
Józef Kolbe
Józef Kolbe was the brother of Polish Franciscan friar and martyr Maximilian Kolbe, known primarily through this familial connection.
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C.
Hans Scholl
Hans Scholl was a German student and leading member of the non-violent resistance group White Rose, executed in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.
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D.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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E.
Franz von Baader
Franz von Baader was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for integrating Christian mysticism, speculative theosophy, and social criticism into a distinctive form of Romantic philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian farmer
ⓘ
Catholic martyr ⓘ beatified person ⓘ conscientious objector ⓘ human ⓘ |
| beatifiedBy | Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Radegund, Upper Austria ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | decapitation ⓘ |
| charge | undermining military morale ⓘ |
| child |
Aloisia Jägerstätter
ⓘ
linked to:
Fani Jägerstätter
Maria Jägerstätter ⓘ
linked to:
Fani Jägerstätter
Rosalia Jägerstätter ⓘ
linked to:
Fani Jägerstätter
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Reichskriegsgericht
ⓘ
linked to:
Reich Court of Justice
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| dateOfBeatification | 2007-10-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-05-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-08-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1936-04-09 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jägerstätter
ⓘ
linked to:
Franz Jägerstätter
|
| feastDay | May 21 ⓘ |
| givenName | Franz ⓘ |
| heritage | illegitimate child later acknowledged by stepfather ⓘ |
| honor | recognized as martyr by Catholic Church ⓘ |
| influenced | Christian pacifist movements ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by guillotine ⓘ |
| militaryService | conscripted into German Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| mother | Rosalia Huber ⓘ |
| name | Franz Jägerstätter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conscientious objection during World War II
ⓘ
refusal to serve in Hitler’s army ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
sacristan ⓘ |
| opposed |
Anschluss of Austria to Nazi Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Anschluss
Nazism ⓘ |
| placeOfBeatification |
Linz, Austria
ⓘ
linked to:
Linz
|
| placeOfBirth |
St. Radegund, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Radegund, Upper Austria
|
| placeOfDeath |
Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Brandenburg-Görden Prison
|
| placeOfImprisonment |
Berlin-Tegel Prison
ⓘ
linked to:
Tegel Prison
Enns military prison ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film "A Hidden Life"
ⓘ
linked to:
A Hidden Life
|
| reasonForRefusal | Catholic faith and conscience ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Franziska Jägerstätter
ⓘ
linked to:
Fani Jägerstätter
|
| stepfather | Heinrich Jägerstätter ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biography by Gordon Zahn "In Solitary Witness" ⓘ |
| veneration |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Franz Jägerstätter Description of subject: Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian farmer and devout Catholic who became known for his conscientious objection to serving in Hitler’s army during World War II, for which he was executed and later beatified by the Catholic Church.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Franz Jägerstätter