The Last Battle (44 page)

hands over VIP prisoners to Lynch,
161

postwar life and death,
170

Schwab, Eric

accompanies Kramers to Schloss Itter,
143
,
153

aftermath of battle,
161

French war photographer,
121

2nd Battalion,
142
nd Infantry Regiment

attempts to relieve Lee,
123–124

advance to Itter delayed around Wörgl,
140–141

Seigfried, bishop of Regensburg,
6

Seiner, Edward J.

as Lee’s loader Technician Fifth Grade,
123

defends Schloss Itter,
127
,
130
,
150

postwar life,
171

Servir
(Gamelin),
166

753rd Tank Battalion,
123–124
,
140
,
152–154

Sherman, Glenn E.,
123

Sitzkrieg
,
79

Socialists/Socialist Party,
26
,
39
,
73

Souvenirs personnels
(Cailliau, M.-A.),
168–169

Soviet Union

invaded by Germany (1941),
81–82

overcomes Germany’s advance,
83

recaptures Nazi-taken territories,
68

victory at Stalingrad,
67

See also
Red Army

Speer, Albert,
13

Spiess, Paul,
7

SS-TV troops

as Dachau guards,
52–53

convert castle to prison,
13–17

Wimmer as officer at Dachau, Schloss Itter,
18
,
22
,
92–93

last Dachau commander Weiter,
95–96

flee the advancing Allies,
95–96
,
107

Stalingrad victory by Soviet Union (1943),
67
,
150

Sudetenland annexation,
19
,
26–27
,
97
.
See also
Czechoslovakia

Sûreté Nationale,
35
,
39
,
44

Sutton, William

in Lee’s rescue group,
125

defends Schloss Itter,
130
,
132
,
136

aftermath of battle,
164

postwar death,
171

Szymczyk, Edward J. “Stinky”

accompanies Lee for recon, battle,
121
,
123

postwar death,
171

Tardieu, André,
33

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich,
8

Telephone system

in Schloss Itter commander’s suite,
15

in Schloss Itter orderly room,
145
,
152

of Wörgl town hall,
153

line severed,
157

36th Infantry Division,
1

Tobacco,
12
,
31
,
41

Tolbukhin, Fyodor,
67–68

Totenkopfstandarte Oberbayern atrocities,
18–20

Totu, bishop of Regensburg,
6

Treaty of Versailles (1919),
78

Tunisia,
52

12th Armored Division

advances into Austrian Tyrol,
1

advances to Kufstein,
70
,
89

combat action,
117–118

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend,
71
,
85

XXI Corps,
69–71

XXI Corps, U.S. Seventh Army,
69–71

23rd Tank Battalion

commanded by Clow,
118–119
,
121

in Kufstein,
1–2

postwar lives and deaths of soldiers,
171

Tyrol region

historical background,
5–6

administrative districts under Nazis,
9

Allied armies advance (XXI Corps),
67–71

as center for anti-Nazi resistance,
10
,
74

Tyrolean peasant uprising (1515–1526),
6

Ukraine,
67
,
81–82
,
99

“Ungarische Zigeunerweisen” music (Menter),
8

Unions/trade unions,
36–38

United Nations International Labor Organization agency,
166

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration,
164

U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS),
74

U.S. Seventh Army

commanded by Patch,
85

advances into Tyrol,
68–69

enters Austria,
117–118

hosts liberated VIPs,
163

U.S. 6th Army Group,
69

U.S. Third Army,
69

Vals-les-Bains,
39

Vichy government

Pétain as puppet head,
29–31

arrests French political figures,
35–36
,
39–40
,
44

de la Rocque’s role,
57
,
58–59

orders CGT dissolved,
38

VIP prisoners.
See
Honor prisoners

Von Bock, Fedor,
10
,
20

Von Hengl, Georg Ritter

battle groups,
72–73
,
87–90
,
104
,
111

defends passes into Austria,
72–73
,
86
,
87–88

withdraws to east of Schloss Itter,
89–90

and Lynch broker surrender of Tyrol,
164–165

Von Kliest, Ewald,
81

Von Reichenau, Walter,
19

Waffen-SS troops

search out resisters in Wörgl,
91

flee advancing Allies,
94

shoot anyone showing white or Austrian flags,
102
,
109
,
111

fired on by Lee’s rescue force,
125

attack Kramers’s column,
141–142

all-out attack on Schloss Itter,
144
,
146–152
,
159–160

Wagner, Richard,
8

Waltl, Hans,
145
,
151

War correspondents,
121
,
143
,
156–157
,
161–163

War crimes,
18–21
,
95

“We Liberated Who’s Who” article (Levin),
Saturday Evening Post
,
172

Wegscheider (Gangl’s lieutenant)

assists Dietrich in Wörgl,
110–111

sent to Schloss Itter with Linsen, Waltl,
145–146

defends Schloss Itter,
149
,
151

Wehrmacht

Austrian-born officers, enlisted soldiers,
10–11
,
74–75

forced to withdraw by Red Army, Allies,
67–68
,
83

become resisters,
87–88
,
102
,
121–122

surrender to Allies at Wörgl,
122

led by Gangl, defend Schloss Itter,
129–130
,
137–138

Gangl dies, two troops wounded,
150
,
157

Weiter, Wilhelm Eduard,
95–96
,
103

Werfer-Brigade 7,
84–86

Western Front,
79

Weygand, Marie-Renée-Joséphine (de Forsanz),
54
,
55
,
168

Weygand, Maxime

background,
44
,
53–55

as conservative chief of army,
28
,
33–34

arrives at Schloss Itter,
55

antagonistic toward Gamelin,
54

hated by Reynaud, Daladier,
62–63

after liberation, put on trial for collaboration,
164

postwar life and death,
168

Wimmer, Sebastian “Wastl”

background,
17–19

as commandant of Schloss Itter,
22–23
,
40–42
,
92–96

drunken violence toward number prisoners,
92–94

war crimes in Poland, Majdanek, Dachau,
18–21
,
95

flees Schloss Itter,
96

postwar life and death,
169–170

Wimmer, Thérèse,
21
,
22
,
169–170

Winter, August,
71–72

Witchcraft in the Tyrol,
6

Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s field headquarters,
98

Wörgl

as von Hengl’s headquarters,
72

Mountain Warfare Noncommissioned Officer School,
15
,
70

key resistance cell,
10
,
74–77
,
86–90

Krobot finds Gangl’s resistance group,
109

surrendered by Gangl to Lee,
122

Lee’s rescue force leaves for Schloss Itter,
124–125

Kramers and 753rd tanks arrive,
152–154

Workers’ Force,
166

World War I

armistice,
26

Borotra’s service,
46

Clemenceau’s service,
56

Daladier’s service,
26
,
27

de la Rocque’s service,
57

Gamelin’s service,
32–34

as tragedy for France,
33

Weygand’s service,
54

Worsham, Alfred

in Lee’s rescue group,
125

under attack from Waffen-SS,
147–148

defends Schloss Itter,
130
,
132
,
136

aftermath of battle,
164

postwar death,
171

Woves, Bedrich,
38

Würthle, Friedrich,
75

Ybarnegaray, Jean,
47

“Zwei Jahren auf Schloss Itter” manuscript (Čučković),
169