Hofer, Franz#
b. Bad Hofgastein (Salzburg), Nov. 27, 1902, d. Muelheim an der Ruhr (Germany), Feb. 18, 1975, businessman and politician. 1933 was arrested in Tyrol as a supporter of the Nazis, escaped from prison and fled to Germany, 1938-1945 gauleiter in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Arrested by the US army on May 6, 1945; 1948 escaped from internment, disappeared and lived under an assumed name in Muelheim (Germany).
Literature#
M. Rauchensteiner, in: G. Wanner, 1945. Ende und Anfang in Vbg., N- und S-Ti., 1986.