Secret group Gottfried Lerch Geheimgruppe Gottfried Lerch

The secret group Gottfried Lerch was mainly made up of Catholic Couleur students and members of the Austrian Christian Gymnastics Association. One of their goals was to accommodate Nazi persecutees in companies, help the persecuted, listen to foreign broadcasters and disseminate their news.

The leader was the ex-convict high school teacher Gottfried Lerch, a member of the K.Ö.St.V. Siegfriedia-Linz, K.Ö.St.V. Austria-Wien, et mult. Members of the Gottfried Lerch secret group included:

• Matthias Arthold, member of the K.a.V. Marco-Danubia
• Wilhelm Aschböck, member of the K.Ö.H.V. Franco-Bavaria, K.Ö.H.V. Pannonia and K.d.St.V. Pflug
• Konrad Birnkraut, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria Wien
• Hans Burger, member of K.a.V. Danubia
• Eugen Burtscher, member of A.V. Austria Innsbruck
• Fritz Chimani, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria Wien
• Fritz Doppler, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria Wien
• Gustav Fenz, member of K.Ö.St.V. Donaumark Wien and K.a.V. Danubia
• Franz Finstermann, member of the K.Ö.St.V. Vindobona I-Wien and K.Ö.St.V. Austria-Wien
• Rudolf Fischer, member of K.Ö.St.V. Waldmark-Horn, K.Ö.H.V. Franco-Bavaria, et mult.
• Josef Fitzinger, member of K.Ö.H.V. Franco-Bavaria
• Franz Freimüller, member of the K.Ö.St.V. Traungau-Wels and A.V. Austria Innsbruck
• Ferdinand Habl, member of K.Ö.B. Ostgau-Wien, K.Ö.St.V. Austro-Bavaria-Wien and K.Ö.H.V. Pannonia
• Engelbert Heppner, member of K.Ö.M.V. Nibelungia St. Pölten and K.Ö.St.V. Austria Wien
• Walter Jähnl, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria Wien
• Julius Kallus, member of K.Ö.St.V. Marko-Danubia-Korneuburg, K.a.V. Danubia, et mult.
• August Maria Knoll, member of K.P.V. Thuiskonia-Wien, K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia, K.Ö.L. Maximiliana, et mult.
• Otto Kranzlmayr, member of the K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia 1901-Linz and K.Ö.St.V. Austria-Wien
• Josef Kresse, member of K.St.V. Rhaetia-Wien, K.Ö.St.V. Austria-Wien, et mult.
• Anton Karl Lang, member of K.Ö.St.V. Kürnberg
• Walter Machac, member of K.Ö.St.V. Thuringia Vienna and K.Ö.St.V. Rudolfina
• Rudolf Millin, member of K.Ö.St.V. Aargau
• Josef Müller-Fembeck, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria Vienna
• Albert Rheinberger, member of K.a.V. Saxo-Bavaria-Prague in Vienna and K.a.V. Norica
• Robert Schlögl, member of K.Ö.H.V. Franco-Bavaria
• Alfred Schneiderbaur, member of K.Ö.St.V. Austria-Wien
• Hans Tichy, member of K.H.V. Babenberg Wien
• Otto Wagner, member of K.Ö.M.V. Nibelungia St. Pölten
• Josef Zwerenz, member of K.Ö.St.V. Guelfia Vienna and Ö.k.a.V. Rhaeto-Danubia