Pragser Wildsee
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The Pragser Wildsee, or Lake Prags, Lake Braies is a natural lake in the Prags Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Prags which is located in the Prags Valley.
Pragser Wildsee and Seekofel seen from the bay
Sunrise
Rowing boats on the lake
Southern part of the lake
The transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol refers to a transfer of 139 high-profile prisoners of the Nazi regime in the final weeks of the Second World War in Europe from Dachau concentratio
Pragser Wildsee
…South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Prags which is located in the Prags Valley. During World War II, it was the destination of the transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol. While the lake earned the nickname "Pearl of the Alps" due to its increasing popularity among tourists, tourism had become excessive as of 2020, with…
Hotel Pragser Wildsee
Niederdorf, South Tyrol, the scene of the denouement between the SS and the Wehrmacht on Monday 30 April 1945
Colonel Bogislaw von Bonin (center) with fellow hostage Sigismund Payne Best (dark suit, right) shortly after the arrival of the Americans on 5 May 1945; “It was a liberation for everyone, and I believe that no one realized that for many this was to be the threshold of a new and painfully long imprisonment.” — Sigismund Payne Best
By the Wehrmacht on 30 April 1945 liberated "special prisoners" at the Pragser Wildsee Hotel, as of 4 May 1945 under American jurisdiction.