Sepp Kerschbaumer

Sepp Kerschbaumer was a Tyrolean activist and member of the South Tyrolean Liberation Committee (Befreiungsausschuss Südtirol ), which campaigned for the break-away of South Tyrol from Italy. In 1961, the BAS staged the so-called Feuernacht, the destruction of several dozen electricity pylons, which escalated the South Tyrol conflict. The Italian state viewed the BAS as a terrorist and separatist organization, while large parts of the South Tyroleans regarded them as freedom fighters.