POW in the hands of the SS

15th February 1945: Wounded US prisoners of war are denied the superior medical facilities of the SS

Morale remained high in the SS, where many still believed in a Nazi victory. February 1945 Knight's Cross recipient SS-Obersturmbannführer Skorzeny, who helped Mussolini escape, during a situational discussion with SS leaders of an SS paratrooper unit.