Memorial plaque for Jakob Gapp, Josef Anton Geiger, Walter Krajnc, Franz Josef Messner, Kapistran Pieller and Franz Reinisch in the Franziskanergymnasiums Hall

On 11.2.1983, Josef Posch, mayor of Hall, unveiled a marble plaque in honor of six former students of the Franziskanergymnasium in the school's entrance hall. Because they criticized National Socialism, spread news from enemy broadcasters, refused to take the oath to Hitler, or worked for the American intelligence service or the French Résistance, the priests Jakob Gapp, Johannes Wilhelm Pieller, and Franz Reinisch were executed along with the radio operator Dr. Walter Krajnc and Dr. Franz Josef Messner. Josef Anton Geiger, a chaplain in Karrösten, spent 13 months in custody and had to leave Tyrol.