Alojzij Grozde se je rodil 27. maja 1923 v Zgornjih Vodalah pri Tržišču na Dolenjskem materi Mariji Grozde in očetu Francu Udovču kot nezakonski otrok. Mati je delala kot dninarica. Leta 1927 se je poročila s Francem Kovačem, vendar Lojze ni smel na poroko in ne na novi materin dom; moral je ostati pri sorodnikih, čeprav si je želel k materi. Pozneje, ko je Lojze napredoval v šoli, mu je očim postal bolj naklonjen.
Alojzij Grozde was born on 27 May 1923 in Zgornje Vodale near Tržišče in the Dolenjska region to his mother Marija Grozde and father Franc Udovč as an illegitimate child. The mother worked as a moneylender. In 1927 she married Franc Kovač, but Lojze was not allowed to marry and not to the new mother's home; he had to stay with relatives even though he wanted to see his mother. Later, as Lojze progressed in school, his stepfather became more sympathetic to him.
Po materini poroki je zanj skrbela teta Ivanka. Poskrbela je, da je šel po ljudski šoli študirat v Ljubljano, kamor je sama odšla služit. Dobrotniki so ji pomagali, da je Lojze lahko študiral. Stanoval je v dijaškem zavodu Marijanišče in obiskoval klasično gimnazijo, kjer je bil odličen dijak. Na gimnaziji se je uveljavil kot literarni ustvarjalec. Postal je član dijaške Katoliške akcije in sodeloval v zavodski skupini Marijine kongregacije. Zadnja leta gimnazijskega študija so bila leta bližajoče se svetovne vojne. Razmere so se še bolj zaostrile, ko se je začela vojna. Za Lojzeta je napočil čas osebne poklicne odločitve. Ni se vključeval v dnevno politiko, ampak je svojo pot iskal v molitvi, ki jo je združeval z delom za druge.
After his mother's wedding, he was taken care of by Aunt Ivanka. She made sure that after school she went to study in Ljubljana, where she went to work on her own. The benefactors helped her so that Lojze could study. He lived in the student institution Marijanišče and attended the classical grammar school, where he was an excellent student. In high school, he established himself as a literary creator. He became a member of the Catholic Student Action and participated in the institute group of the Congregation of Mary. The last years of high school were the years of the approaching world war. The situation worsened when the war broke out. For Lojze, the time has come for a personal professional decision. He did not engage in daily politics, but sought his way in prayer, which he combined with work for others.
Med počitnicami, pred zadnjim srednješolskim letom, se ni vrnil domov, saj je bilo tam vedno več nasilja in obiski niso bili preprosti. Kljub dobronamernim svarilom pa se je za obisk odločil in zaprosil za dovolilnico. Iz Ljubljane se je odpravil konec leta 1943. Najprej se je oglasil v Strugah pri prijatelju. Na petek 1. januarja 1943 je bil pri maši v Cistercijanskem samostanu Stična, potem pa se je z vlakom odpeljal iz Ivančne Gorice do Trebnjega. Tam je izvedel, da z vlakom ne more naprej, ker je bila proga poškodovana, zato je hotel iti do Mirne peš. Med potjo je prisedel na neki voz. Pri prvi hiši na Mirni ga je prijela partizanska straža. Pri njem so našli latinski misal, molitvenik Tomaža Kempčana Hoja za Kristusom in knjižico o Fatimi. Z zasliševanjem so nadaljevali v bližnji gostilni. Grozdeta so sumili za vojnega obveščevalca in ovaduha (zaradi italijanske dovolilnice in verske literature). Po mučenju in hitrem sojenju je bil Grozde usmrčen. Njegovo truplo so 23. februarja našli šolarji. Pokopali so ga na pokopališču v Šentrupertu, saj ga zaradi razmer tistih dni ni bilo mogoče peljati v domačo župnijo Tržišče.
During the holidays, before his last high school year, he did not return home as there was more and more violence there and visits were not easy. Despite well-intentioned warnings, he decided to visit and applied for a permit. He left Ljubljana at the end of 1943. He first visited a friend in Struga. On Friday, January 1, 1943, he attended a mass at the Stična Cistercian monastery, after which he took a train from Ivančna Gorica to Trebnje. There he learned that he could not continue by train because the line was damaged, so he wanted to go to Mirna on foot. On the way, he landed on a cart. At the first house on Mirna, he was captured by a partisan guard. They found a Latin missal, Tomaž Kempčan's prayer book Walking after Christ and a booklet about Fatima. The interrogation continued at a nearby inn. Grozdet was suspected of being a war informant and an informant (because of the Italian permit and religious literature). After torture and a speedy trial, Grozde was executed. His body was found by schoolchildren on February 23. He was buried in the cemetery in Šentrupert, as it was not possible to take him to his home parish of Tržišče due to the situation in those days.
Vsebnik je skrit na mestu, kjer so Grozdeta našli. The container is hidden in the place where Grozde was found.
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