The Austrian resistance was launched in response to the rise of fascism across Europe and, more specifically, to the Anschluss in 1938 and resulting annexation of the Austrian Republic by Nazi Germany
Plans and production locations for the V-2 were supplied to the Allies by Heinrich Maier's group.
Sign of the Austrian resistance movement at the St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
Group of women. One woman wears an Austrian resistance Edelweiss – Patch, which comes from a former hunting clothes; and a pinstripe (in German: Nadelstreif) blazer. Other girls standing close to the car, talking and flirting with Wehrmacht soldier. The car has a PL font over turn signal. It could be a soldier who came from the front or one who cares about the engagement of the soldiers on the Eastern Front. Two further girls dressed in French style (shoes and hair). Two young men wear work uniforms. One a woodwork robe the other a baker or cook robe.
Heinrich Maier was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, pedagogue, philosopher and a member of the Austrian resistance, who was executed as the last victim of Hitler's regime in Vienna.
Austrian resistance
…often ideologically separated and reflected the spectrum of political parties before the war. Austrian resistance efforts included a group led by priest Heinrich Maier. This resistance group sought to reestablish a Habsburg monarchy after the war. It played a large role in providing the Allies with information on the…
Maier (in chasuble) in 1932, blessing parishioners