Sepp Kerschbaumer (9 November 1913 – 7 December 1964) was a leading member of the South Tyrolean Liberation Committee (Befreiungsausschuss Südtirol, BAS). In 1961, the BAS staged the so-called Feuernacht (Night of Fire), the destruction of 37 electricity pylons, which escalated the South Tyrol conflict. Large parts of the South Tyroleans regarded them as freedom fighters.
The tribute was held on December 8th in Eppan where Kerschbaumer was born. He was a local leader of the Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP between 1946 and 1957 but became frustrated at what he felt was the too conciliatory attitude of the party and founded the BAS.
Kerschbaumer was arrested and tortured by police. The rumored mistreatment of Kerschbaumer may have contributed to further escalation of events. Being the leading member of BAS, Sepp Kerschbaumer was sentenced to fifteen years and eleven months on July 16, 1964 for organizing the bombing. On 7 December 1964 he died in prison in Verona of a heart attack.
Around 2,000 people from Der Südtiroler Schützenbund and Südtiroler Heimatbund marched in Eppan dressed in the local style. Hans-Jürg Humer, former BAS militant arrested in 1967 and jailed until 1972 addressed the crowd. Ehrenformation der Schützenkompanie „Sepp Kerschbaumer“ (honorary formation of the rifle company "Sepp Kerschbaumer") fired several gun salutes.
The tribute was held on December 8th in Eppan where Kerschbaumer was born. He was a local leader of the Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP between 1946 and 1957 but became frustrated at what he felt was the too conciliatory attitude of the party and founded the BAS.
Kerschbaumer was arrested and tortured by police. The rumored mistreatment of Kerschbaumer may have contributed to further escalation of events. Being the leading member of BAS, Sepp Kerschbaumer was sentenced to fifteen years and eleven months on July 16, 1964 for organizing the bombing. On 7 December 1964 he died in prison in Verona of a heart attack.
Around 2,000 people from Der Südtiroler Schützenbund and Südtiroler Heimatbund marched in Eppan dressed in the local style. Hans-Jürg Humer, former BAS militant arrested in 1967 and jailed until 1972 addressed the crowd. Ehrenformation der Schützenkompanie „Sepp Kerschbaumer“ (honorary formation of the rifle company "Sepp Kerschbaumer") fired several gun salutes.
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