Itter Castle
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Attribution: By Svickova - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9584638
Itter Castle is a 19th century castle in the village of Itter, most famous for being turned into a Nazi prison for French VIPs during World War II.
The castle was the site of an extraordinary instance of the U.S. Army, German Wehrmacht, Austrian Resistance, and the prisoners themselves fighting side-by-side against the Waffen SS in the Battle for Castle Itter in May 1945.
The castle was the site of an extraordinary instance of the U.S. Army, German Wehrmacht, Austrian Resistance, and the prisoners themselves fighting side-by-side against the Waffen SS in the Battle for Castle Itter in May 1945.
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