Hans-Graber Street

In Aigen, the Hans-Graber-Straße (Hans Graber Street) commemorates Hans Graber, who was born on February 21, 1918, in Upper Austria. During his time in the Wehrmacht, he produced NS-critical leaflets and was murdered for this. Johann (Hans) Graber was initially employed as a typist in the provincial leadership of the Austrofascist youth organization "Jung-Vaterland," but later took on the position of district secretary of the Austrian Jungvolk, which belonged to the Patriotic Front. After the takeover by the National Socialists, he volunteered for the Wehrmacht. From 1940 onward, he began producing leaflets that criticized the war and the NS regime. In addition, he was the founder of the illegal "Heimatfront," a movement that advocated for Austria's independence. On August 27, 1940, Hans Graber was arrested. He was imprisoned for three years before the Berlin "People's Court" sentenced him to death on December 3, 1943. Johann Graber was beheaded on February 18, 1944, in Munich-Stadelheim.