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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]]|death_cause=Execution by beheading}} | {{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}} | ||
'''Franz 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 [[Second World War|World War II]]. | '''Franz 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 [[Second World War|World War II]]. According to the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazis]], he was captured and executed by the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviets]] in July 1941, about one month into the [[Operation Barbarossa|German invasion of the Soviet Union]] during [[Second World War|World War II]]<ref name=":0">{{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> (though it should be noted that [[National Socialism|Nazi]] and [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] sources are generally unreliable). Afterwards Sorko's death was used by [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] newspapers such as the ''[[Völkischer Beobachter]]'' for propaganda purposes.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
[[File:August Sorko 1.png|left|thumb|218x218px|Sorko, | [[File:August Sorko 1.png|left|thumb|218x218px|Photo of Sorko, published in the Völkischer Beobachter.]] | ||
[[File:August Sorko 3.jpg|center|thumb|218x218px|August Sorko. Location and date unknown.]] | [[File:August Sorko 3.jpg|center|thumb|218x218px|August Sorko. Location and date unknown.]] | ||
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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 |
Franz August Sorko (9 August 1891 – 19 July 1941) was an Austrian colonel who served in the Nazi German Wehrmacht during World War II. According to the Nazis, he was captured and executed by the Soviets in July 1941, about one month into the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II[1] (though it should be noted that Nazi and Neo-Nazi sources are generally unreliable). Afterwards Sorko's death was used by Nazi newspapers such as the Völkischer Beobachter for propaganda purposes.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 No author (1941-08-01). "Einen Bewußtlosen enthauptet" Völkischer Beobachter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-01.