Table of Contents
Map: Europe 1945 vii
SS Rank Table viii
Prologue 1
1 The Corridor of Death 7
2 Blood Guilt 17
3 Alpine Fortress 31
4 Journey South 38
5 Flossenbürg Concentration Camp 49
6 The Condemned 57
7 Bavarian Interlude 63
8 Death of the Damned 72
9 Murder at the Crematorium 88
10 Traitors in Their Midst 99
11 All in One Place 109
12 The Exodus Begins 120
13 Into the Redoubt 136
14 SS-Sonderlager Innsbruck 148
15 Out of the Reich 160
16 The Sunrise Conspiracy 169
17 Appointment with Death 177
18 Plan of Execution 189
19 The Fatal Day 204
20 Showdown with the SS 218
21 Danger in Paradise 228
22 Running the Gauntlet 240
23 Dash for Deliverance 260
Epilogue 279
The 139 Hostages 297
Notes 303
Bibliography 325
Index 330