!!!Skorzeny, Otto

Skorzeny, Otto, b. Vienna, June 12, 1908, d. Madrid (Spain), 
July 6, 1975, technician, officer of the Waffen-SS. Joined the 
Austrian NSDAP 1930, the Waffen-SS 1939. Served in several military 
actions: took part in the liberation of Mussolini, arrested the 
Hungarian government under N.  Horthy, 1944 commander of tank brigade 
150 which operated behind the front line with US military equipment; 
1945 commander of an SS unit in Upper Austria. Captured in Styria on 
May 15, 1945, acquitted by a US military court 1947; escaped from 
internment and fled to Spain.


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