Dr. Karl Griesser

Karl Griesser attended the Franziskanergymnasium in Hall, Tyrol, and joined the Sternkorona Hall high school fraternity in 1928. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the University of Innsbruck and became a member of the Austria Innsbruck student fraternity in 1933. After earning his doctorate in law (Dr. iur.), he initially worked as an employee at a law firm and later in the judicial system. After the Anschluss, his home was searched; he was briefly detained. He was subsequently drafted into the military. After being wounded, he became an active member of the resistance in the Ötztal valley toward the end of the war. After the war, he served as section director at the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce.