This is the fascinating story of how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the
Second World War by fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, and the role …

As US troops marched into vanquished Austria at the end of World War II, they faced the
dual tasks of destroying the remnants of Nazi power and establishing a new democratic …

Schmidt's years of exile in Switzerland (as of 1938) have been little explor This study
presents the very first account of Schmidts interactions with Wehrmacht and intelligence …

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the escape from prosecution of SS-
Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, one of the central SS figures in the Mediterranean Theater …

11 September 2001 and the subsequent “war on terrorism” have significantly transformed
the role and standing of intelligence and intelligence agencies in world politics. 1 The initial …

Vorarlberg war im Zweiten Weltkrieg ein Hotspot der Desertion von Soldaten der Wehrmacht
und der Waffen-SS aus dem gesamten Deutschen Reich. Die vermeintlich leicht zu …

Since the end of the Second World War, scholars have attempted to understand why Fascist
Italy chose to adopt the racial laws in 1938. For sixteen years, Benito Mussolini rejected the …

The present essay on the Italian speaking South Tyrolean school during the twenty months
of Nazi occupation (September 1943–April 1945) is prompted by the desire to highlight a …

„Südtirol ist ein Kind des Krieges “, dieser Ausspruch einer Südtiroler Bäuerin drückt aus,
dass Südtirol mit der Trennung von Nord-und Osttirol bzw. Österreich-Ungarn nach dem 1 …

This study traces the US military's role in the post-World War II occupation of Austria from the
initial planning efforts in 1943 through the signing of the State Treaty and withdrawal of …