Lake Toplitz May Be Site of Nazi Treasure
The film Monuments Men has appeared to many as just another “based on a true story” film which will require heavy research to weed out…
Remembering Maria von Trapp, The Last of the Singing von Trapp Siblings (1915-2014)
Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the singing von Trapp siblings immortalized in the movie The Sound of Music has passed away last February 18…
WWII veteran shared how he survived attack on tank
Paul Stalter can never forget the fateful event that transpired on January 7, 1945 in Herrlisheim and it will always be in his memory. Cpl.…
Austria To Conduct Search For Hidden Nazi Laboratory
Thousands of people were killed in the 15 miles of tunnels that lie under Gusen. Authorities are now searching the tunnels located under the former…
Nazi nuclear bomb venture may have taken place in Austrian tunnels
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Hitler saluting his soldiers in September 1938 (2) Otto Hahn. In December 1938, German chemists Otto Hahn &…
Vienna Philharmonic revokes awards made during Nazi-era
The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has recently revoked the awards it has given to six leading Nazis during Hitler’s rule. This move was in response to…
Austrian Journalist Claims Salt Miners Saved The Art Works And Not Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’
According to an Austrian journalist whose book has just been published this week in Austria, the £5billion worth artworks were actually saved by a group…
Monuments Men: Saviours Of The Lost Arts
Corporal Lincoln Kirstein was the first men to enter the salt mine in Altaussee, Austria, after the unit that was there with him, managed to…
Bodies of two Austro-Hungarian soldiers found, 95 years after death in the Italian Alps
Photo story: (From left): (1) Austro-Hungarian mountain troop Kaiserschützen in Tyrol, hilly territory between Italy and Austria, (2) Two dead bodies of presumed Kaiserschützen soldiers…