Dr. Ludwig Marian Basilius Igáli von Igálffy

Ludwig Marian Basilius Igáli von Igálffy was born in Vienna, the son of Robert Igáli von Igálffy, an employee of Anglo-Austrian Bank Ltd, and Anna Igáli von Igálffy. After attending the Hörnesgasse elementary school, he attended the Kundmanngasse grammar school in Vienna's 3rd district, as both were in the immediate vicinity.

His classmate Josef Maria Landgraf hears the forbidden transmissions of the BBC and of the “Sender of the European Revolution” before the outbreak of war with the family radio. He reports the content of the shows to his classmates and acquaintances and produces letters, leaflets and stickers. The contents contradict the official war reports of Germany from the front. From Winston Churchill he took over the Victory sign “V” with which he tastes the signatures.

Josef Maria Landgraf can win Ludwig Igáli from Igálffy for collaboration. Together with his classmates Friedrich Fexer, Johann Trettler, Anton Brunner and Joseph Maria Landgraf builds a network that gives up the letters and distributes the tickets and stickers. About 70 letters, 50 tickets and 20 stickers are produced.

Another classmate of the five fellow pupils, who had experienced their drive, turns to the school director of the Kundmanngasse, Ferdinand Walter, who shows the students at the Gestapo. On 19 January 1942, Ludwig Igáli of Igálffy and Friedrich Fexer were arrested by the Gestapo;Anton Brunner on January 20, 1942. Josef Maria Landgraf had been arrested on September 20, 1941. On April 17th, 1942, the four resistance fighters are charged to the Volksgerichtshof.

[Note: Johann Trettler is not arrested, especially when he was arrested at the time he was to be arrested, he had already moved to the army and refused to hand him over to the Gestapo. Johann Trettler falls on 26. September 1942 in the Caucasus area. )

Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy was sentenced to eight years in prison by the 2nd Senate of the VGH in the jury courtroom of the Vienna Regional Court on August 28, 1942 for "treasonous favoring of the enemy in connection with preparation for high treason", with 7 months of pre-trial detention credited. Two other members of this group [Josef Maria Landgraf and Anton Brunner

Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy served his sentence until the end of the war.

After the war, Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy was awarded his school-leaving certificate and enrolled at the University of Vienna to study Latin and English as a teacher, graduating in 1949. During this time, he joined the Maximiliana student fraternity.

In 1950, he married Getraude, began working as a teacher and his son was born in 1951. After initially teaching at the Albertgasse grammar school, he became a teacher and head librarian at the Theresian Academy (grammar school) in Vienna. He also taught at St. George's College in Istanbul. Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy received his doctorate from the university in 1966 and published generally recognized specialist literature in the field of heraldry. Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy retired in 1983 and died in Vienna at the age of 71.

[Note: The Landgraf group is often mistakenly counted among the "quadruple groups". Two other youth resistance groups against National Socialism, which emerged simultaneously and independently of each other in Hamburg and Munich in the summer of 1941, are referred to as the Four Groups.

Johann Trettler was a member of the group, but was not tried and convicted by the People's Court like the other four members. Nevertheless, the group had five members]