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{{Infobox person|name=August Sorko|image=August Sorko 2.jpg|birth_date=9 August 1891|birth_place=[[Klagenfurt]], [[The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council (1867–1918)|Cisleithania]], [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austria-Hungary]]|death_date=19 July 1941 (aged 49)|death_place=[[Makhnivka (village)|Komsomolske]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]}} | {{Infobox person|name=August Sorko|image=August Sorko 2.jpg|birth_date=9 August 1891|birth_place=[[Klagenfurt]], [[The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council (1867–1918)|Cisleithania]], [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austria-Hungary]]|death_date=19 July 1941 (aged 49)|death_place=[[Makhnivka (village)|Komsomolske]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]|death_cause=Execution by beheading}} | ||
'''August Sorko''' (9 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austrian]] colonel who served in the [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi German]] [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]]. He purportedly was executed by the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviets]] within a month of [[Operation Barbarossa|the initial invasion of the Soviet Union]] in Summer 1941. Afterwards Sorko's death was used by [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] newspapers such as the ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' for propaganda purposes, namely, demonstrating how "beastly" and "inhumane" the Soviets supposedly were for defending themselves.<ref>{{Web citation|author=No author|newspaper=[[Völkischer Beobachter]]|title=Einen Bewußtlosen enthauptet|date=1941-08-01|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201054250/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-date=2023-02-01|retrieved=2023-02-01}}</ref> | '''August Sorko''' (9 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)|Austrian]] colonel who served in the [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi German]] [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]]. He purportedly was executed by the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviets]] within a month of [[Operation Barbarossa|the initial invasion of the Soviet Union]] in Summer 1941. Afterwards Sorko's death was used by [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] newspapers such as the ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' for propaganda purposes, namely, demonstrating how "beastly" and "inhumane" the Soviets supposedly were for defending themselves.<ref>{{Web citation|author=No author|newspaper=[[Völkischer Beobachter]]|title=Einen Bewußtlosen enthauptet|date=1941-08-01|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201054250/https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vob&datum=19410801&seite=5&zoom=33|archive-date=2023-02-01|retrieved=2023-02-01}}</ref> | ||
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August Sorko | |
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| Born | 9 August 1891 Klagenfurt, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 July 1941 (aged 49) Komsomolske, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution by beheading |
August Sorko (9 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an Austrian colonel who served in the Nazi German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. He purportedly was executed by the Soviets within a month of the initial invasion of the Soviet Union in Summer 1941. Afterwards Sorko's death was used by Nazi newspapers such as the Völkischer Beobachter for propaganda purposes, namely, demonstrating how "beastly" and "inhumane" the Soviets supposedly were for defending themselves.[1]
References
- ↑ No author (1941-08-01). "Einen Bewußtlosen enthauptet" Völkischer Beobachter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-01.