What is Albert Leo Schlageter?
{{unsourced|date=October 2012}} '''Albert Leo Schlageter''' (12 August 1894 — 26 May 1923) was a member of the German [[Freikorps]]. His activities sabotaging French occupying troops after [[World War I]] led to his arrest and eventual [[execution]] by French forces. His death created an image of [[martyr]]dom around him, which was cultivated by German nationalist groups, in particular the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers Party]]. During the [[Third Reich]], he was widely commemorated as a national hero. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlageter, Albert Leo}} [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1923 deaths]] [[Category:Executed German people]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:People from Baden-Württemberg]]