Stefan Glanz

Stefan Glanz was born in Vienna, the son of upholsterer Leopold Glanz. After compulsory school, he learned his father's trade. In 1915, he volunteers for the First World War and is deployed on several fronts. After the war, he initially worked as a professional boxer and sports teacher. From 1924, he worked as an upholsterer again and was later employed by Lohner-Werke in Vienna. In 1934, he joined the Home Guard and rose to the rank of company commander. He was highly critical of National Socialism. In 1937, he marries Stefanie Preinkopf from Maria Enzersdorf.

In 1942, Stefan Glanz learns from his friend and former colleague at Heimatschutz, Vinzenz Hauser, about the existence of a legitimist, anti-Nazi organization - the Lamberti-Runde around the Viennese lawyer Karl Wanner, part of the Antifascist Freedom Movement of Austria (AFÖ). This group considered what a Danube federation including Bavaria under the leadership of Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen might look like after the definitive collapse of the Third Reich. Although Stefan Glanz is invited to the Lamberti Round Table, he does not appear there.

Another friend from Stefan Glanz's homeland security, Oskar Ghelleri, invited him to the regulars' table he had founded at Café Tschokel at Girardigasse 10 in Vienna's 6th district in the summer of 1942. In addition to Oskar Ghelleri, former Heimatschutz members Vinzenz Hauser, Karl Schall and Witold Müller, as well as Ghelleri's childhood friend Guido Zeller von Zellhain are members. The group is connected to the Antifascist Freedom Movement of Austria (AFÖ) via Vinzenz Hauser.

The group in the Café Tschokel, like the Lamberti-Runde, is also considering what a system under the leadership of Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen might look like after the fall of the Third Reich. In addition, news from the BBC - labeled an "enemy station" by National Socialists - is exchanged. Stefan Glanz, Vinzenz Hauser and Karl Schall had previously listened to these privately.

On February 12, 1943, Stefan Glanz was arrested by the Gestapo and sentenced to four years in prison by the People's Court on March 11, 1944 for "listening to an enemy radio station" and "preparation for high treason". The sentence rendered him unfit for military service and barred him from serving in the Wehrmacht. His state of health in prison continued to deteriorate. While he weighed 108 kg at 190 cm at the start of his sentence, he slimmed down to 67 kg. At the same time, he suffered from circulatory disorders and heart problems. He is therefore released on December 30, 1944. Stefan Glanz was certified as having a 70 percent reduction in earning capacity.