Alfons Goop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfons Goop

politician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1910

Place of Birth: Schellenberg, Liechtenstein

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1993

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alfons Goop (15 October 1910 - 25 September 1993) was a Liechtensteiner politician during World War II.
He was the leader of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein (VBDL), a Nazi political party that attempted a coup d'état in 1939 and tried to force Liechtenstein become part of Nazi Germany, until the party's dissolution in 1945.
He was also a regular contributor to the VDBL party newspaper Der Umbruch.Until 1943, the party attempted to recruit Liechtensteiners into the Waffen SS and gain public sympathy for the Nazi cause.
In 1943 the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to force the VBDL to unite with the Patriotic Union, which greatly annoyed Goop, who then resigned as party leader.
According to court testimonials, he was a member of the Waffen SS until 1943. In 1946, Goop, along with other leadership figures of the VDBL were prosecuted for his collaboration.
Goop was convicted of high treason and sentenced to thirty months in prison. He died in 1993 in Schaan.