Hofrat Dr. Hermes Massimo

Hermes Massimo attended grammar school in Hall/Tyrol. As an uncompromising opponent of National Socialism, he is active in the resistance.

When the German troops invade, he is actively involved in the fighting in Wörgl/Tyrol. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht. Here, too, he made no secret of his Austrian sentiments and was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a court martial in 1941 for subversion of military power. After serving half a year of his sentence, he was seconded to a penal company. After serving on the front in Norway and Russia, he returned home seriously wounded. He remained an active member of the Austrian resistance movement in Tyrol until the end of the war, where he also came into contact with the Austria student fraternity in Innsbruck.