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In 1993, a German researcher found Alexander Schmorell's police files while doing research in Moscow. On account of Schmorell's birth in Russia, his file had been sent there, and was closed to research until the fall of the Soviet Union. The researcher sent a copy of Schmorell's file to the church, knowing it had been his parish. Since it was almost the 50th anniversary of St. Alexander's execution, an article including some of this new information was written for the Orthodox magazine "Der Bote", which helped garner wider interest.
Because of this added interest surrounding Alexander Schmorell, new life was breathed into discussions of the purchase of the American church on Lincolnstrasse with the German authorities. At least two offers for the church had previously been made by other religious groups who could offer significantly more money, but both all had fallen through. Finally, in December 1993 the sale of this church and piece of land was finalized. The church itself lies within sight of the grave of Alexander Schmorell, in the Perlacher Forst cemetery, which is also the location of a mass grave of some 500 Soviet people of that era, both prisoners of war, and forced laborers imported in during the war.
==Recent History==
*[http://usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&usarmygermany.com/USAREUR_City_Munich.htm Map of McGraw Kaserne, Munich, 1980s] The chapel which would later be this church is #32
*[http://www.stnicholascenter.org/galleries/gazetteer/3906/ St. Nicholas Chapel] St. Nicholas Center site
*[http://www.katjasdacha.com/whiterose White Rose information site]
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