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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.