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 listens to the forbidden broadcasts of the BBC and the "Broadcaster of the European Revolution" on the family radio set even before the outbreak of war. He reports the content of the broadcasts to his classmates and acquaintances and produces letters, flyers and stickers. The content contradicted Germany's official war reports from the front. He adopted the Victory sign "V" from Winston Churchill, which he used to decorate the leaflets.

Josef Maria Landgraf was able to get Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy to join him. Together with his classmates Friedrich Fexer, Johann Trettler, Anton Brunner and Josef Maria Landgraf, he built up a network that posted the letters and distributed the flyers and stickers. Around 70 letters, 50 flyers and 20 stickers were produced.

Another classmate of the five fellow pupils, who had learned of their activities, contacted the principal of Kundmanngasse, Ferdinand Walter, who reported the pupils to the Gestapo. On January 19, 1942, Ludwig Igáli von Igálffy and Friedrich Fexer were arrested by the Gestapo; Anton Brunner on January 20, 1942. Josef Maria Landgraf had already been arrested on September 20, 1941. On April 17, 1942, the four resistance fighters were charged before the People's Court.

[Note: Johann Trettler was not arrested, especially as he had already been drafted into the Wehrmacht at the time he should have been arrested and the Wehrmacht refused to hand him over to the Gestapo. Johann Trettler was killed on September 26, 1942 in the Caucasus region]

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]