Burschenschaft
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A Burschenschaft is one of the traditional Studentenverbindungen of Germany, Austria, and Chile. Burschenschaften were founded in the 19th century as associations of university students inspired by li
The Students of Jena Take to the Field in the War of Liberation, 1813 (Ferdinand Hodler, 1908–09)
Wartburg festival of 1817
Gold thread embroidery around 1900 - German student fraternity
Otto Skorzeny
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Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German intelligence officer and commando who served as an SS-Obersturmbannführer within the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Over the course of th
Burschenschaft
…Carl Schurz (1829–1906) Otto Skorzeny (1908–1975) Lorenz von Stein (1815–1890…
Skorzeny in 1943
Skorzeny as commander of the Waffen SS Sonderverband z.b.V. Friedenthal special forces unit, 1943
Skorzeny (centre, binoculars hanging from neck) with the liberated Mussolini – 12 September 1943
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch used to rescue Mussolini