When did the last German Wehrmacht or SS holdout surrender.
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September 1945. A 10 man weather station on Svalbard known as 'Haudegen' though 'holding out' isn't really the way to describe it. Nobody came to pick them up until then, that's all.Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland. -
On May 6th of 1945 (four days after Berlin) Breslau City Commandant Hermann Niehoff signed an act of conditional surrender. I think Breslau is a great example of one of the last fighting holdouts…Comment
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Later I Thought?
Did not the channel islands or them french ports the germans where in hold out longer after this date?,i dont know if it counts but they had the Flensburg government which was disolved on the 23rd of may.And there where german forces in norway,even parts of greece i think,lots of places realy.Comment
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Probably not what you are after, but what about the remnants of former Latvian SS units in Latvia, who caused problems for the Soviets for many years after the war? There are some good posts, or links to sites, if you search this website. Also look for "forest brothers", as I think they were referred to as such...Comment
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A roaming SS unit of about 200 men trying to make their way to Germany was destroyed by the russians in late May or early June 1945 near my town in Czech Republic. My granmother always told me that there were skirmishes still heard into August of '45.Comment
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Cuxhaven
The Germans held out at Cuxhaven (pocket) in northwest Germany.BrianComment
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I wonder why some of these guys held out. In Svalbard werent those guys picked up by the Russians?Comment
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