Wolfgang Treichl
Wolfgang Treichl (* 1915 in Vienna ; † probably October 12, 1944 in Tolmezzo ) was a member of the Austrian upper middle class family Treichl and died as a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
As a German officer in the Africa Corps, Treichl had become a British prisoner of war. As an unconditional opponent of the Nazi regime, he joined a British special unit fighting behind the German lines. According to the memories of Patrick Martin-Smith, he was killed in a failed jump by four SOE agents in Friuli on October 12, 1944. The four men ended up with the partisans in Tramonti directly above a German unit in Tolmezzo. One of them was Wolfgang Treichl (code name Taggert).
literature
- Wolfgang Treichl: In the end there was the deed. 2nd Edition. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-8000-3346-1 .
- Heinrich Treichl : Almost a century: memories. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-552-05283-6 .
- Patrick Martin-Smith: Resistance from Heaven: Austrian operations of the British secret service SOE 1944. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7076-0182-X .
- Peter Pirker: Subversion of German rule: the British war intelligence service SOE and Austria (= contemporary history in context vol. 6). V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89971-990-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Treichl, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, member of the Austrian upper middle class family Treichl |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: October 12, 1944 |
| Place of death | Tolmezzo |