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Apr 8, 2004 · Location: Sweden Post by Alecci » 17 Apr 2004, 19:22 All I know about Carl Szokoll is that he at time served as a staff officer subordinated to the Commander of XVII Deputy Corps, and that he assisted the Commander's deputy, General Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck , who was supportive of the attempt at liberation on 20 July 1944.
Carl Szokoll (1915-2004) Carl Szokoll. Carl Szokoll is best known for his active role in the liberation of Vienna from the Nazis in 1945. After school, Szokoll attended the Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt. When Austria was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1938, he was incorporated into the German Wehrmacht in the rank of a Captain.
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Szokoll was born in Vienna, the son of a low-ranking soldier in the Austrian army who had fought in the First World War and had been a long-term Russian prisoner of war. He grew up under poor circumstances in Vienna, but because he received excellent grades in primary and secondary school he was later admitted as an officer candidate in the Austria...
In 1943, then-captain Szokoll was introduced in Berlin to Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the heads of the resistance movement in the Third Reich, by the Austrian Lieutenant - Colonel Robert Bernardis and got involved with them by monthly visits of Robert Bernardis in Vienna since February 1944. When the 20 July plot seemed to have succeeded...
Being promoted major later in 1944, he tried to take all measures within his power to save Vienna from following the fate of so many other European cities before that had been destroyed in heavy fighting. In the first months of 1945, he got involved with the Austrian resistance movement and started to create a network of officers in order to contac...
Honoured by the reinstated Austrian government for his merits on freeing Austria from the Nazis, he started a career as author and film producer. Among his work is the script for the film Der Bockerer, the production of Die letzte Brücke (the film that made Maria Schellfamous), and his own autobiography that became a bestseller. He died in Vienna i...
Der Bockerer II : Österreich ist frei. Verlag der Apfel, Wien 1997 ISBN 3-85450-128-5Der gebrochene Eid. Europa-Verlag, Wien 1985 ISBN 3-203-50929-6Die Rettung Wiens 1945. Mein Leben, mein Anteil an der Verschwörung gegen Hitler und an der Befreiung Österreichs. Amalthea-Verlag, Wien 2001 ISBN 3-85002-472-5Ludwig Jedlicka: Der zwanzigste Juli in Wien, Herold, Wien 1964Sep 4, 2004 · The Austrian film producer and screenwriter Carl Szokoll, who has died aged 88, had a charmed life
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Battles/wars. World War II. Invasion of Poland. Battle of France. Other work. Author, film producer. Carl Szokoll (15 October 1915 – 25 August 2004) was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the 20 July Plot, major in the Wehrmacht, and, after the war, author and film producer.
