{"id":1438,"date":"2026-06-14T21:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1438"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:09:40","slug":"song-of-alexander-schmorell-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-alexander-schmorell-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Alexander Schmorell Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Against-the-Iron-Sky-Schmorells-Prayer-Treblo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Against-the-Iron-Sky-Steppe-and-Munich-Gold-Treblo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steppe and Munich Gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Beneath a Munich sky<br>The shadow grew too tall<br>Young Alexander Schmorell felt the weight of it all<br>In clinics where the spirit died<br>A healer chose to speak<br>Instead of healing bodies he would bolster up the weak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>The flyers in the suitcase<br>The letters in the post<br>Finding all the courage when the people needed most<br>Risking every breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>White rose blooms against the iron<br>White rose blooms in fields of grey<br>Alexander Schmorell kept the vision of the light<br>He would not let the fire fade into the night<br>Born to hold a balance<br>Between the steppe and mountain height<br>Holy mercy in the battle<br>Strength to do what must be right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>Through the strings of a balalaika<br>The ancient songs remain<br>Casting off the darkness and the sorrow and the pain<br>Dusty roads of Mother Russia<br>Called his heart across the map<br>While he pulled the blindfold from the world within a trap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>The flyers in the suitcase<br>The letters in the post<br>Finding all the courage when the people needed most<br>Facing down the blade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>White rose blooms against the iron<br>White rose blooms in fields of grey<br>Alexander Schmorell kept the vision of the light<br>He would not let the fire fade into the night<br>Born to hold a balance<br>Between the steppe and mountain height<br>Holy mercy in the battle<br>Strength to do what must be right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>Saintly soul within the prison cell<br>Alexander Schmorell found the peace<br>A letter to his parents<br>Begging for their grief to cease<br>I have done my duty<br>I have kept the faith inside<br>Twenty-five years ended with a spirit opened wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>White rose blooms against the iron<br>White rose blooms in fields of grey<br>Alexander Schmorell kept the vision of the light<br>He would not let the fire fade into the night<br>Born to hold a balance<br>Between the steppe and mountain height<br>Holy mercy in the battle<br>Strength to do what must be right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steppe and Munich Gold [Verse 1]Beneath a Munich skyThe shadow grew too tallYoung Alexander Schmorell felt the weight of it allIn clinics where the spirit diedA healer chose to speakInstead of healing bodies he would bolster up the weak [Pre-Chorus]The flyers in the suitcaseThe letters in the postFinding all the courage when the people needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1438","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1438\/revisions\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}