Plattner Anton O.Präm. (1906 - 1958) member of the Nibelungia resistance

Photo: Anton Plattner, O.Präm. In: 
Wopfner, Helmut (ed.), Our Sternkorona Hall in Tyrol: Membership Directory 1888–1998, Hall in Tirol 1998, p. 156.

Anton Plattner – Persecuted Clergyman and Opponent of Nazism

Canon of Wilten, Parish Priest of Innsbruck-Amras
Member of Catholic student fraternities: TMV-Amelungia; TMV-Nibelungia Hall; CV-Vindelicia Innsbruck
Anton Plattner, a Catholic priest from Hall in Tyrol, openly preached against National Socialism in his sermons. He denounced the Nazi suppression of the Church and Austria's forced integration into the German Reich. As a result, he faced repeated house searches and harassment by the Gestapo.

On 1 July 1939, Plattner was arrested by the Gestapo and taken to Innsbruck police prison, where he was interrogated and detained until 27 September 1939.

In 1940, he was put on trial for "unauthorized church collections," accused of violating Nazi press laws by printing prayer leaflets. However, he was acquitted in the main hearing on 1 November 1940.
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In 1941, Plattner was arrested again alongside Msgr. Michael Weisskopf (1890–1966), head of Innsbruck’s pastoral office, and imprisoned in Innsbruck police prison from 18 April to 1 May for allegedly removing the Waldrast Marian shrine image.

Anton Plattner – Short Biography

• Catholic priest from Hall in Tyrol, Canon of Wilten, later parish priest of Innsbruck-Amras.
• Member of Catholic student fraternities: TMV-Amelungia, TMV-Nibelungia (Hall), CV-Vindelicia (Innsbruck).
• Resistance activities: Public sermons against Nazism, condemnation of church persecution and Nazi policies.
• 1 July 1939: Arrested by the Gestapo, held in Innsbruck police prison until 27 September 1939.
• 1940: Charged with "unauthorized church collections" (printing prayer leaflets) but acquitted (1 November).
• 1941: Briefly imprisoned (18 April – 1 May) with Msgr. Michael Weisskopf over the Waldrast shrine affair.

(Summary of key life events and persecution as a regime-critical clergyman.)