Itter Castle
C19 building in Itter, Tyrol, Austria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Itter Castle (German: Schloss Itter) is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a Nazi prison for French VIPs. 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 early May 1945 before the end of the war in Europe.
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Itter Castle | |
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Schloss Itter | |
Itter, Tyrol, Austria | |
Coordinates | 47°28′14″N 12°8′23″E |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Owner | Privately owned |
Open to the public | No |
Site history | |
Battles/wars | Battle for Castle Itter |
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