Cornelius Rost

Cornelius Rost
Rost at a London press conference in 1958
Born(1919-03-27)27 March 1919
Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria
Died18 October 1983(1983-10-18) (aged 64)
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
OccupationPrinter

Cornelius Rost (27 March 1919, Kufstein, Austria – 18 October 1983, Munich, Germany) was an Austrian drafted into the German army as a soldier in World War II who allegedly escaped from a Soviet Gulag camp in Chukchi Peninsula, Siberia. His supposed experiences were the basis for a book, a television series, and a film. Later research strongly indicates that Cornelius Rost's escape story is not true.

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