DDr. Gottfried Haffner

Personalia

Born:

February 14, 1905, Vienna

Died:

January 19, 1973, Ybbs

Profession:

Attorney

Persecution:

Imprisonment in March 1938, imprisonment in 1945

Memberships

A.V. Austria Innsbruck

Curriculum Vitae

Gottfried Haffner was arrested following the Anschluss in 1938. The duration of his imprisonment is unknown. In 1945, he was arrested again but managed to escape; he swam across the Danube and raised the red-white-red flag in Perg on May 5, 1945.

He then served as provisional district administrator for one year, after which he returned to practicing law.

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Places

Residence:

Hauptstraße 14 (Grein)

Citations

Fritz, Herbert/Krause, Peter (2013): Farbe tragen, Farbe bekennen 1938–45. Katholisch Korporierte in Widerstand und Verfolgung. (ÖVfStg, 2013) S. 323.

Gottfried Haffner

Attorney

* February 14, 1905

Vienna

† January 19, 1973

Ybbs

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