Karl Steiner

Karl Steiner attends the commercial academy in Salzburg. He joins the Almgau Salzburg secondary school fraternity in 1937. Recruited by Friedrich Zacke, he formed a cell of the "Grey Free Corps" together with the fraternity brothers Karl Glaser and Robert Weidinger and others, inspired by Karl Beran, who had come to Salzburg in the summer of 1938. This underground activity is investigated and Karl Steiner is arrested by the Gestapo together with Karl Glaser and Robert Weidinger on October 25, 1938. They are transferred to the prison of the provincial court, as a trial is initiated against them "for preparation for high treason and writing a highly treasonous proclamation for Austria". [For details, see Karl Glaser]