Transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP The transport of prominent inmates of German concentration camps to the Tyrol occurred in late April 1945, during the final weeks of the Second World War in Europe. Large numbers of high-profile prisoners (Prominenten) were moved to the so-called Alpine Fortress , in the Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills on the orders of the Nazi authorities. The SS guards in the transport had orders to kill everyone if liberation by the advancing Western Allies became imminent. However, in the South Tyrol region, regular German troops took the inmates into protective custody. The entire group was eventually liberated by advance units from the US Seventh Army. [1] Colonel Bogislaw von Bonin ( center ) with fellow hostage Sigismund Payne Best ( dark suit right ) shortly after liberation on 5 May 1945. Contents 1 Transfer and liberation 2 List of prisoners 3 References 4 Sources Transfer and liberation The hostages were liberated from the Hotel Pragser Wildsee ...