Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie writes in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung about the final weeks of the Second World War and the desperate power games of leading National Socialists. The focus is on Ernst Kaltenbrunner, who wanted to stage himself in the Salzkammergut as a future partner of the Western Allies in the fight against the Soviet Union. Schlie describes how the Salzkammergut became a strategic retreat and how the Nazis attempted to bring assets and art treasures to safety. The article provides insights into the political intrigues and the end of the Nazi regime.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the last weeks of the war in 1945 Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the last weeks of the war in 1945
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie shows how leading National Socialists tried to influence the Allies in the last weeks of the war with deceptive manoeuvres and secret contacts - for example through SS chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner - and thus lay the foundations for a post-war order in their favour.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung über die letzten Kriegswochen im Jahr 1945
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is a political scientist and historian and has been Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategy Research at the University of Bonn since 2020. Previously, he was a member of the German Foreign Service for over 27 years.