Anton Walder (1913 – 1985)
Photograph Anton Walder (1944). In private archive Kurt Walder Hall in Tyrol.
Anton Walder (born January 30, 1913, in Albeins/Albes , died October 14, 1985, in Hall in Tirol ) was an Austrian resistance fighter against Nazism. Biography of Anton Walder Anton Walder was born as the legitimate son of railway official and later parish sexton of Hall in Tyrol, Anton Walder (1870–1943) , and his wife Maria, née Krismer (1870–1954). After attending primary school in Albeins, he became a boarding student at the lower level of the Vinzentinum Gymnasium in Brixen, where he studied until 1923. Afterwords he transferred to the Paulinum Gymnasium in Schwaz, Tyrol. From 1928 to 1935, Walder continued his education at the Bundesoberrealschule on Adolf-Pichler-Platz in Innsbruck, graduating with his Abitur (matriculation exam) on May 31, 1935. As early as 1934, he was involved in the "Christlich-deutscher Turnverein" (now the Sportunion). After completing his exams, he began training as an insurance clerk. In 1937, Walder entered civil service as a postal official, but in March 1938, he was dismissed by the Nazi authorities. The reason for his removal was his clear anti-Nazi stance, which he had held even before 1938—despite never engaging in party politics or joining the Vaterländische Front (Fatherland Front)
After his dismissal from postal service, Walder worked as an employee in a private trading company in Hall, Tyrol. On February 1, 1939, Anton Walder was conscripted by the Wehrbezirkskommando (Military District Command) Innsbruck. After brief weapons training, he was discharged as a reserve soldier (Ersatzreserve II) due to L 67 (left hand, unfit for service at the front, home service only). From February to September 1942, he was forcibly assigned to railway mail service (Bahnpost). On September 1, 1942, he was transferred to the Wehrmeldeamt (Military Reporting Office) Innsbruck and sworn in. The then-head of the Innsbruck Wehrmeldeamt, Colonel Rauch, submitted a request for Walder’s discharge in November 1942, as Rauch deemed Walder unsuitable for clerical work at the office. Following a change in command at the Wehrmeldeamt in 1943, Walder was listed as a staff member of the Wehrmeldeamt Innsbruck from January 21, 1943, until April 16, 1945. However, he was repeatedly reassigned to postal duties for several weeks each year during this period. After the war and the fall of the Nazi regime in Austria, Walder was rehired by the Austrian postal service as an inspector. Upon retirement, he received the honorary title of Government Councillor. In October 1965, he was honored with the Republic of Austria’s Golden Decoration of Merit. Anton Walder passed away on 14 October 1985 in Hall in Tirol. His grave is located in the cemetery of Hall in Tirol.
Resistance during World War II
The Tyrolean resistance (1938–1945) comprised fragmented groups with differing motivations. Anton Walder participated in three key cells: as a founder of the postal workers' resistance network (1938–1945), a member of the Innsbruck Military Reporting Office resistance circle (1943–1945), and the Anton Haller-led group in Hall in Tirol (1941–1945).
Post Resistance Group (1938–1945) The Post Resistance Group (German: Widerstandsgruppe Post) consisted of postal employees opposed to the Anschluss (Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria). Members were patriotic Austrians, including postal officials dismissed after the annexation. Anton Walder joined this underground circle in 1938 after his own dismissal, under the leadership of Viktor Haberditzel.
Formation and Activities In summer 1943, Haberditzel, Walder, and Hubert Schittelkopf (1909–1948) formally established the group, which grew to 15–20 members across postal departments. Their work included: • Coordinating with other resistance cells. • Monitoring Nazi operations. • Transmitting clandestine messages.[9] Later, they expanded to wiretapping military communications, exchanging intelligence with postal contacts in Berlin. A key collaboration with a 1943 Berlin resistance network enabled the relay of Wehrmacht dispatches (e.g., from Milan’s Störbefehlsstelle) to Innsbruck and onward to Berlin.[11] By 1945, they established ties with Allied forces, including the French 1st Army’s Hemicycle Division. April 1945: Intelligence Operations The group set up a command center in April 1945, intensifying surveillance. They intercepted: • Calls between Gauleiter Franz Hofer and senior Nazis (e.g., Albert Kesselring, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Joseph Goebbels). • Wehrmacht directives from the Hungerburg headquarters. Critically, they maintained phone lines the Nazis ordered severed. Liberation of Innsbruck (3 May 1945) On 3 May 1945, the group: 1. Seized weapons abandoned by the Volkssturm at the former Nazi district HQ (Maximilianstraße). 2. Stormed the Post Directorate at 15:00, forcing president Damrau to surrender authority. By 19:00, the first U.S. tanks entered Innsbruck, marking the city’s liberation. Wehrmeldeamt (Military Reporting Office) Resistance Group, Innsbruck (1940–1945) During his service as a clerk at the Wehrmeldeamt Innsbruck (1942–1945), Anton Walder was initiated into a small resistance cell operating within the office under the leadership of Fritz Würthle. Walder's Dual Role 1. Liaison Function: o Served as a key link between the Post-Telegraph Resistance Group and the Anton Haller Group, facilitating communication and coordination. 2. Subversion of Military Bureaucracy: o Processed official documents: Issued temporary leave passes (Kriegsurlaubsscheine) to exempt soldiers from active duty. o Manipulated soldier records: Updated or removed index cards of targeted personnel, erasing them from official rosters. o Declared soldiers "indispensable": Collaborated with sympathetic military offices to protect Austrian patriots from frontline deployment. April 1945: Crackdown and Escape • A wave of arrests targeted the group between 16–27 April 1945, forcing many members to flee. • On 16 April, Walder received a coded warning of his imminent arrest and escaped to Gnadenwald. • After days in hiding, he returned to join the Anton Haller Group in Solbad Hall (Hall in Tirol) for the final days of resistance.
Anton Haller Resistance Group in Solbad Hall/Hall in Tirol (1938–1945) As early as 1938, Anton Walder and like-minded individuals began meeting in the workshop of master shoemaker Anton Haller at Agramgasse 8 in Hall, Tyrol, to exchange information. By 1943, a formal resistance group had formed around Haller. Its founding members included: • Viktor Schumacher (1894–1981) • Ernst Verdross (1892–1963) • Anton Dosch (1914–1979) • Anton Demanega (1910–1987) • Heinz Ehrenreich Thöni (1894–1971) • Josef Terrabona (1898–1986) • Anton Walder (1913–1985) May 1945: The Uprising • 2 May 1945: Viktor Schumacher met with resistance members at Haller’s apartment in Solbad Hall. Discussions with Walder, Haller, and Dosch continued into the night about armed revolt plans. When expected orders from Innsbruck failed to arrive, Walder and Haller traveled to Innsbruck to assess the situation. • Intercepted Communication: Anton Demanega’s phone call to Innsbruck’s resistance was wiretapped by the Gestapo, forcing the group to flee. Schumacher was arrested but later released. • 3 May 1945: As U.S. forces entered Innsbruck, Haller’s group secured public buildings in Solbad Hall. • 4 May 1945: Viktor Schumacher—with Ernst Verdross and Anton Haller—officially surrendered the town to U.S. representative Arthur G. Weeks without resistance.
Books & Edited Volumes 1. Larcher, Agnes, ed. Investigations on the Hall Resistance Movement between 1938 and 1945. Hall in Tyrol: Federal Commercial Academy, 1978. 2. Schreiber, Horst. National Socialism and Fascism in Tyrol and South Tyrol: Victims, Perpetrators, Opponents. Innsbruck: StudienVerlag, 2008. 3. Mackowitz, Rudolf, ed. The Struggle for Tyrol in 1945: Decisive Actions for the Liberation of Innsbruck in Spring 1945. Innsbruck: [Publisher unknown], 1945.
Book Chapters 4. Luza, Radomir. "The Resistance in Tyrol from 1938 to 1945." In Handbook of Modern History of Tyrol. Vol. 2: Contemporary History – Political History, edited by Helmut Reinalter, Anton Pelinka, and Andreas Maislinger, 343–346. Innsbruck: [Publisher unknown], 1993. 5. Maislinger, Andreas. o "6. Organized Resistance. f) The Group Around Anton Haller." o "6. Organized Resistance. g) The 'Post' Group." o "6. Organized Resistance. i) The Group Around Fritz Würthle." In Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation. Vol. 2, edited by the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 448–451, 451–455, 460–462. Vienna: [Publisher Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance], 1984. Bibliography Primary Sources Archival Materials • Dosch, Anton. [June 1945?]. Report on the Final Hours of Combat in Eastern Hall. Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (StAH), Box "Dosch, Anton." • Egger, Franz. [Undated]. The Period of Nazi Rule in Hall from 13 March 1938 to 3 May 1945. Hall in Tirol: Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (StAH), Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst." • Hirnschrott, Carl. October 1945. Seizure of Telecommunications Facilities in Innsbruck on 3 May 1945. Supplement to Battle for Tyrol by Rudolf Mackowitz. Tyrol Provincial Archive (TLA), Innsbruck. • *Truppen-Kriegsstammrollen, Ranglisten Nr. 68* [Troop Muster Rolls, Rank Lists No. 68]. Austrian State Archives/Kriegsarchiv Wien. • Verdross, Ernst. 1958. "37 Years of Hall's Municipal Affairs: An Activity Report by Retired City Director Dr. Verdross." Haller Lokal-Anzeiger (HLA), no. 1 (4 January): 4. Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol, Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst." • Verdross, Ernst. [Undated]. The History of Hall from 1919 to 1960. Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (StAH), Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst." Private Collections • Walder Family Private Archives (K. & E. Walder), Hall in Tirol, Austria. Includes: o Marriage certificate, birth and death records of Anton Walder. o Academic records (school transcripts, Abitur certificate). o "Storm in a Teacup" Document (Warning of Impending Arrest). Civil Registry Records • Hall in Tirol Civil Registry Office Association. Death Record of Anton Walder. File No. 408/1985. Secondary Sources Books and Journal Articles • Maislinger, Andreas. 1984. Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation. Vol. 2. Vienna/Munich: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW). o "6. Organized Resistance: f) The Anton Haller Group," 448–451. o "6. Organized Resistance: g) The 'Post' Group," 451–455. o "6. Organized Resistance: i) The Fritz Würthle Group," 460–462. • Kunzenmann, Werner. 1984. "Resistance in the German Wehrmacht: Evasion of Military Service." In Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945, edited by DÖW, 508–519. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. Online Resources • Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol. Accessed August 2, 2025. o "Anton Walder (Parts 1 & 2)." https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1; https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-2. o "Anton Haller Resistance Group." https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller. o Biographies: Dr. Viktor Schumacher, Captain Johann Baumgartner, Anton Demanega. • Gedenkort.at. "Würthle Resistance Group and Flora Circle." Accessed August 2, 2025. https://gedenkort.at/organisationen/487e6e90-8ade-4d88-8889-9a2b18f72db9. • Archive Portal-D. "Major General Hans Böhaimb." Accessed August 2, 2025. [URL]. Additional References • Baptismal Record of Albes/Brixen (now Italy). Volume III, page 38. • The Marian Congregation of Gentlemen and Citizens in Hall in Tyrol. Membership lists (1938–1945).
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Commons: Anton Walder – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien • Website Erinnerung an NS-Widerstand und Opfer des NS-Regimes in Hall in Tirol • Gedenkveranstaltung Nationalsozialismus und Widerstand in Hall in Tirol., Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus in Hall in Tirol, September 28, 2023. • Herbert, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Nationalsozialistische Vernichtungspolitik 1938–1945. Neue Forschungen und Kontroversen. Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Buchreihe. In: Walter Pehle (Hrsg.): Frankfurt am Main 1998. (Online, https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/reihe/die-zeit-des-nationalsozialismus-schwarze-reihe, (Accessed: August 2, 2025)).
Footnotes:
"Baptismal record of Albes/Brixen (now part of Italy), Volume III, page 38." Death record of Anton Walder, File No. 408/1985. Held at: Hall in Tirol Civil Registry Office Association. "Anton Walder," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1. "The Marian Congregation of Gentlemen and Citizens in Hall in Tyrol," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/marianische-kongregation-der-herren-und-buumlrger-zu-hall/mitglieder-der-marianischen-kongregation-im-haller-widerstand-von-1938-1945. Marriage certificate, birth and death records of Anton Walder, private collection of Elisabeth Walder, Hall in Tyrol, Austria. Academic records of Anton Walder (including school transcripts and Abitur certificate), private collection of Elisabeth Walder, Hall in Tyrol, Austria. Academic records of Anton Walder (including school transcripts and Abitur certificate), private collection of Elisabeth Walder, Hall in Tyrol, Austria. *Truppen-Kriegsstammrollen, Ranglisten Nr. 68* [Troop Muster Rolls, Rank Lists No. 68], Austrian State Archives/Kriegsarchiv, Vienna. *Truppen-Kriegsstammrollen, Ranglisten Nr. 68* [Troop Muster Rolls, Rank Lists No. 68], Austrian State Archives/Kriegsarchiv, Vienna. *Truppen-Kriegsstammrollen, Ranglisten Nr. 68* [Troop Muster Rolls, Rank Lists No. 68], Austrian State Archives/Kriegsarchiv, Vienna. "Anton Walder (Part 1)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1;
"Anton Walder (Part 2)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance..., accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-2.
Death record of Anton Walder, File No. 408/1985, Hall in Tirol Civil Registry Office Association, Austria. "Anton Walder (Part 1)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1.
"Anton Walder (Part 2)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-2. "Anton Haller Resistance Group in Hall in Tyrol," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller-in-solbad-hall-1938-1945.
"Anton Walder (Part 1)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1. Andreas Maislinger, "6. Organized Resistance: g) The 'Post' Group," in Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation, vol. 2, ed. Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (Vienna/Munich: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 1984), 451–55. "Anton Walder (Part 1)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1. "Anton Walder (Part 1)," Remembering the Anti-Nazi Resistance and Victims of the Nazi Regime in Hall in Tirol, accessed August 2, 2025, https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1. Carl Hirnschrott, "Seizure of Telecommunications Facilities in Innsbruck on 3 May 1945" [October 1945], supplement to Rudolf Mackowitz's Battle for Tyrol, Carl Hirnschrott Papers, box Carl Hirnschrott, Tyrol Provincial Archive (TLA), Innsbruck, Austria. Andreas Maislinger, "6. Organized Resistance: g) The 'Post' Group," in Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation, vol. 2, ed. Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (Vienna/Munich: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 1984), 451–55. Andreas Maislinger, "6. Organized Resistance: g) The 'Post' Group," in Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation, vol. 2, ed. Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (Vienna/Munich: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 1984), 451–55. Andreas Maislinger, "6. Organized Resistance: g) The 'Post' Group," in Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation, vol. 2, ed. Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (Vienna/Munich: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 1984), 451–55. "Würthle Resistance Group and Flora Circle." In: Gedenkort.at - Documentation of Austrian Resistance Sites. Online: https://gedenkort.at/organisationen/487e6e90-8ade-4d88-8889-9a2b18f72db9, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Maislinger, Andreas. 1984. "6. Organized Resistance: i) The Fritz Würthle Group." In *Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934-1945: A Documentation (Vol. 2) *, edited by Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 460-462. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. "Würthle Resistance Group and Flora Circle." In: Gedenkort.at - Documentation of Austrian Resistance Sites. Online: https://gedenkort.at/organisationen/487e6e90-8ade-4d88-8889-9a2b18f72db9, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Maislinger, Andreas. 1984, "6. Organized Resistance: i) The Fritz Würthle Group." In *Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934-1945: A Documentation (Vol. 2) *, edited by Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 460-462. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. The military designation "uk" (short for "unabkömmlich") meant being exempted from active duty service or classified as indispensable (and thus not available for frontline deployment). Kunzenmann, Werner. 1984. "Resistance in the German Wehrmacht: Evasion of Military Service." In *Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934-1945: A Documentation (Vol. 2) *, edited by Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 508-519. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. "Storm in a Teacup" Document (Warning of Impending Arrest). Held in: Walder Family Private Archives (K. & E. Walder), Hall in Tyrol, Austria. Anton Walder. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://gedenkort.at/personen/b2821b55-ecf6-4224-98eb-b911e9601286, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Anton Haller. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller-in-solbad-hall-1938-1945. Anton Haller. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/494. As documented in Franz Egger’s municipal report, the Nazi occupation of Hall ended with the arrival of U.S. forces on 3 May 1945.[Egger undated]" [1] Anton Haller Resistance Group Hall in Tyrol. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller-in-solbad-hall-1938-1945. Dr. Viktor Schumacher. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/127468127463-en-dr-med-viktor-schumacher, (Accessed: August 2, 2025); ÖCV. Online: https://oecv.at/Biolex/Detail/10402322. Dr. Ernst Verdross. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz136319.html, (Accessed: August 2, 2025). Dr. Ernst Verdross. Remembering Nazi Resistance and Nazi Victims in Hall in Tyrol. Online: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/en-dr-ernst-verdross. Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst":
Verdross, Dr. Ernst. "37 Years of Hall's Municipal Affairs: A Activity Report by Retired City Director Dr. Verdross." In: Haller Lokal-Anzeiger (HLA), No. 1, 31st Year, Saturday, 4 January 1958, p. 4. Held at: Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (Stadtarchiv Hall in Tirol). [2] "As Verdross noted in his 1958 retrospective, postwar Hall underwent significant administrative reforms.[Verdross 1958]"
StAH (Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol), Box "Dosch, Anton":
Dosch, Anton. "Report on the Final Hours of Combat in Eastern Hall." [No place, no date; presumably written June 1945]. Held at: Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (Stadtarchiv Hall in Tirol). [3] "Dosch’s firsthand account describes the chaotic retreat of German forces through Hall’s eastern districts in May 1945.[Dosch 1945]" Anton Dosch.(Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/en-koumlstv-nibelungia-mkv.
Anton Demanega. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/en-anton-demanega. Socialist- Resistance Group Hall in Tyrol. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/sozialistischen-und-kommunisten-im-widerstand/sozialistischekommunistische-widerstandsgruppe-in-solbad-hall-1938-1945. Socialist- Resistance Group Hall in Tyrol. Accessed: August 2, 2025: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/sozialistischen-und-kommunisten-im-widerstand/sozialistischekommunistische-widerstandsgruppe-in-solbad-hall-1938-1945. Anton Walder. Online: https://gedenkort.at/personen/b2821b55-ecf6-4224-98eb-b911e9601286, (Accessed: August 2, 2025); Anton Walder. Online: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-1; https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/anton-walder-teil-2, ; https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Anton Walder. Online: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Walder, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Maislinger, Andreas. 1984. "6. Organized Resistance: i) The Fritz Würthle Group." In *Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934-1945: A Documentation (Vol. 2)*, edited by Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 460-462. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. Maislinger, Andreas. 1984. "6. Organized Resistance: g) 'The Post Group'." Unsigned report for the Red-White-Red Book on the activities of Tyrolean resistance fighters within the Deutsche Reichspost (German Reich Postal Service). In Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: A Documentation (Vol. 2), edited by the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (DÖW), 451–455. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. "Verdross's comprehensive chronicle provides unique insights into Hall's interwar period and Nazi occupation through the lens of a resistance participant.[Verdross undated]" StAH (Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol), Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst" - Collection of Materials: Resistance Movement File
Verdross, Ernst. "The History of Hall from 1919 to 1960." [No place, no date], pp. 1-23. Held at: Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (Stadtarchiv Hall in Tirol).
Dr. Viktor Schumacher. Online: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/127468127463-en-dr-med-viktor-schumacher, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Captain Johann Baumgartner. Online: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/en-captain-johann-baumgartner, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Maislinger, Andreas. 1984. "6. Organized Resistance: f) The Anton Haller Group." In *Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934-1945: A Documentation (Volume 2)*, edited by Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, 448-451. Vienna/Munich: DÖW. Historical Archive of the Tyrol State Police Department: File Dr. Ernst Verdross.
Verdross, Dr. Ernst: 30 Years as Municipal Director in Hall in Tyrol. Published in: Tiroler Tageszeitung, June 3, 1950, No. 127. Held in: Historical Archive of the Tyrol State Police Department.
Anton Haller Résistance Group of Hall in Tyrol. Online: https://www.ns-widerstand-hallintirol.com/widerstandsgruppe-anton-haller, (Accessed: August 2, 2025) Verdross-Drossberg, Dr. Ernst von: The Group Around Anton Haller.
In: Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance (ed.): Resistance and Persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945. A Documentation (Vol. 2). Vienna/Munich 1984, pp. 448–451.
- ^ Egger, Franz. [undated]. The Period of Nazi Rule in Hall from 13 March 1938 to 3 May 1945. Hall in Tirol: Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (StAH), Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst."
- ^ Verdross, Ernst. 1958. "37 Years of Hall's Municipal Affairs: A Activity Report by Retired City Director Dr. Verdross." Haller Lokal-Anzeiger (HLA), no. 1 (4 January): 4. Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol, Box "Verdross, Dr. Ernst."
- ^ Dosch, Anton. [June 1945?]. Report on the Final Hours of Combat in Eastern Hall. Municipal Archives Hall in Tirol (StAH), Box "Dosch, Anton."