Dr. Franz Greiter

Franz Greiter

Personalia

Born:

October 29, 1896, Heiligkreuz/Tyrol

Died:

July 27, 1978, Innsbruck

Profession:

Lawyer

Persecution:

Imprisonment March 1938 - April 1938, Reichenau labor and education camp August 1944 - October 1944

Memberships

A.V. Austria Innsbruck

Curriculum Vitae

Franz Greiter began studying law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Innsbruck in 1914 after graduating from the Jesuit grammar school "Stella Matutina" in Feldkirch. He joined the student fraternity Austria Innsbruck in 1914.

In March 1915, he was drafted into the 1st Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment and returned from Italian captivity in Sicily as a first lieutenant in August 1919. In 1920, he completed his studies with a doctorate and began his career as a lawyer. In 1926, he joined the law firm of his father Josef Greiter. From 1929, he was also active in local politics as a municipal councillor and in 1933/1934 as a city councillor in Innsbruck.

After the Anschluss, he was arrested and spent 30 days in police prison. In August 1944, he was arrested again and imprisoned for two months in the Reichenau labor and education camp.

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Citations

Krause, Peter/Reinelt, Herbert/Schmitt, Helmut (2020): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen. Katholische Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. Teil 2. Kuhl, Manfred (ÖVfStG, Wien) S. 101.

Franz Greiter

Lawyer
* October 29, 1896
Heiligkreuz/Tyrol
† July 27, 1978
Innsbruck
Detention, Labor and education camps