Otto Skorzeny became famous during the war for daring special operations, including the rescue of Mussolini. After Germany’s defeat, he was arrested and tried for war crimes—but acquitted. In 1948, he ...

In the summer of 1944, the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany was coming closer every day, although the Germans were willing to fight until the last man. Not just the Nazi leadership realized they were ...

A warrant accusing Otto Skorzeny, formerly a high official in the Nazi SS, of having committed war crimes, was issued here this weekend by the Austrian Ministry of Justice. According to the charges, ...

Otto Skorzeny was one of Adolf Hitler’s most trusted henchmen, lived as a farmer in County Kildare from 1959 following Conor Cruise O’Brien's intervention. Following World War II, Irish politician ...