Hartmann (Karl) Staudacher OFM
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Imprisonment 23.08.1943 - 06.12.1944
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Curriculum Vitae
After completing elementary school in Ranten, Karl Staudacher attended grammar school in Graz, where he joined the Franciscan order after graduating in 1919, where he was given the religious name Hartmann. He then studied theology at the universities of Graz and Vienna and was ordained a priest in 1923. After various pastoral duties in Lower Austria and Styria, he worked as a popular missionary from 1929 to 1942. From 1942, he was parish administrator at the monastery church in Maria-Enzersdorf.
After the Anschluss, he was repeatedly summoned to the Gestapo due to his well-known "anti-Nazi" stance, where he was interrogated 42 times. He came into contact with the AFÖ via Eduard Pumpernig (Frater Benno OFM) and also helped them financially with the production of leaflets, among other things. He provided "for the purpose of financing this secret organization Pumpernig with a sum of money totalling around 450 Reichsmark in several instalments."
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It has not been established that the defendant Staudacher also had knowledge of the anti-state activities of his co-defendants. On the contrary, the main hearing revealed his innocence [...]. The defendant Staudacher is acquitted.
Despite this, he was detained in Vienna until December 6, 1944.
Citations
- Fritz, Herbert/Krause, Peter (2013): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen 1938–45. Katholisch Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. (ÖVfStG, 2013), p. 532.
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