Do we have sources about his political beliefs outside the personal record provided by his wife? It seems suspicious that a wealthy rural Christian patriarch in that time and place would be opposed to the Nazis or fascism more generally.
You're quite right to be suspicious. He was a fascist (specifically an Austrofascist) who opposed the Nazis over the issue of Austrian sovereignty. Please see this excellent post by /u/CommieSpaceInvader for all the details.