Jägerstätter's fate was not well known until 1964, when US sociologist Gordon Zahn published his biography, "". Thomas Merton, the famed Trappist monk and peace activist, included a chapter about Franz Jägerstätter in his book "Faith and Violence" (1968). A 1971 film treatment of his life made for Austrian television, "Verweigerung" ("The Refusal") (originally titled "Der Fall Jägerstätter"), by director Axel Corti starred Kurt Weinzierl. A bronze plaque with his quotation about conscientious objection was dedicated at the Pacifist Memorial in Sherborn, Massachusetts in 1994. His case was a topic of the annual "Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage" conference in 1995. The death sentence was nullified by the Landgericht Berlin on 7 May 1997. A Stolperstein for Jägerstätter in Sankt Radegund was laid in 2006.