He attended high school in Feldkirch and studied Greek and Latin in Vienna, Basel and Innsbruck, where he received a directorate in philosophy.

[1] Goop was involved in antisemitic agitation in Liechtenstein throughout the 1930s, inspired by the rise of Nazi Germany in 1933 and the anti-Jewish laws which lead to a large number of Jews taking refuge in the country.

[5][6] After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, he was heavily involved in the establishment of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein (VDBL) and headed the party.

[1] Until 1943, the party attempted to recruit Liechtensteiners into the Waffen-SS and gain public sympathy for the Nazi cause, which infuriated Switzerland.

In 1943, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to force the VDBL to unite with the Patriotic Union, which greatly annoyed Goop, who resigned as party leader.