Austrian Popular Front (Zemljak Group) Österreichische Volksfront (Gruppe Zemljak)

Until his arrest in November 1939, the physicist Dr. Wilhelm Zemljak led a legitimist group that sought to cooperate with other political forces, especially Social Democrats, as part of an 'Austrian People's Front' and advocated the restoration of an independent Austrian state on a democratic basis.

"The economic programme of the Popular Front", it was proclaimed, "is a socialist one; Austria can only be rebuilt with a well-organized planned economy." The members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo in November 1939 and sentenced by the Supreme Court on 18 July 1944 for preparation for high treason. The tailor's assistant Johann Swoboda, a co-founder of the Austrian People's Front, and the upholsterer's assistant Karl Wolf each received three years in prison.

• Dr. Wilhelm Zemljak
• Johann Svoboda
• Karl Wolf
• Franz Dietrich
• Johann Pilliater