Auszeichnung für Vilsecker US-Soldaten: Die Retter der Lipizzaner

Eine Geschichte, die auch nach mehr als 75 Jahren unvergessen bleibt. Soldaten der US-Armee sicherten 1945 mit einer waghalsigen Aktion den Fortbestand der berühmten Lipizzaner Pferde. Nun bedankt sich Österreich bei Vilsecker US-Soldaten.

von Autor MOR

Der Krieg war offiziell noch nicht beendet als dieses Foto entstand: Dennoch sprechen( rechts) der deutsche Wehrmachtsoffizier Hubert Rudofsky und der US-Oberst Charles Reed die Rettung der Lipizzaner-Pferde ab. Das Foto stammt aus den Stallungen von Hostau (Hostoun).

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