 While in the camp, he was restrained on December 19, 1937 and sentenced on 05/01/1938 by the “troika” under the administration of the NKVD of the Arkhangelsk Oblast under articles 58–10, 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR to capital punishment.The verdict was executed on March 11, 1938.In 1937, his wife tried in vain to persuade the Austrian Legation to intervene in favor of her husband.