Karl Biedermann

Karl Biedermann (11 August 1890 in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary – 8 April 1945 in Vienna) was the commander of the Austrian Heimwehr, Major of Wehrmacht and a member of German resistance to Nazism.

In February 1934 Biedermann was commander of a company of the "Freiwilligen Schutzkorps", consisting of units of Heimwehr and helping troops of the Bundesheer.

Biedermann joined the resistance group of Austrian Wehrmacht people led by Major Carl Szokoll.

In spring 1945, this group planned "Operation Radetzky", to support Red Army in the liberation of Vienna and to prevent further destruction, to avoid the blowup of bridges.

On 8 April 1945 Biedermann was hanged together with two other resistance fighters, captain Alfred Huth and Rudolf Raschke in public at Floridsdorfer Spitz in Vienna.