High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nikolaus Gross (German:Groß) (30 September 1898 23 January 1945) was a German resistance fighter in the time of the Third Reich who was later beatified by Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 7 October 2001. Nikolaus Gross was born in Niederwenigern (Hattingen/Ruhr, and, like his father, a miner. He furthered his knowledge in evening courses at the People's Association for Catholic Germany (Volksverein für das katholische Deuts ...