Johann Vogl

Born into a family of teachers, Johann Vogl first attended the teacher training college (LBA) in Bolzano and then moved to Innsbruck. In 1915 he joined the student fraternity Alemannia Innsbruck. In 1917 he graduated from high school and in 1919 passed the teaching license examination for elementary school and in 1927 for secondary schools. From 1918-1936 he taught in Erl, where he also worked as an organist and conductor at the Passion Play. He also studied mathematics and physics in Innsbruck for a few semesters. Because Johann Vogl, in the opinion of the deputy governor Hans Peer (1875-1945), "only joined the Social Democratic Party out of opposition at the time", he was able to make a "political U-turn" by joining the VF in 1933. In the 1936/37 school year, he was given a position at the secondary school in Jenbach (district of Schwaz)/Tyrol, and in the following school year he was transferred to Zell am Ziller. Johann Vogl has a positive attitude towards Greater Germany. As he is considered reliable, he is appointed principal of the secondary school in Zell am Ziller on October 1, 1938. He joined the National Socialist People's Welfare Organization (NSV) in June 1938, then the National Socialist Teachers' League (NSLB) and became a member of the NSDAP [membership no. 7892467] with effect from 1 January 1940.

Johann Vogl soon renounced his loyalty to the new regime and became involved in the "left-wing resistance network" of communist/socialist resistance circles in Tyrol. On April 10, 1942, Johann Vogl is arrested, completely unexpectedly for his family, colleagues and the population, and transferred to the prison in Innsbruck.

On April 15, 1942, he is expelled from the party and dismissed from his post "for anti-state activities", with his salary cut in half. On January 8, 1943, he was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp. From September 23, 1943 to February 19, 1944, he was once again transferred to Innsbruck and from there to Munich-Stadelheim. On 13 April 1944, his trial began before the 6th Senate of the VGH, where he was sentenced to death for "aiding the enemy" and "for setting up communist cells and promoting communist endeavors" and deprived of all honorary rights for life.