Viktoria Savs
Viktoria Savs (1899-1979), was an Austrian soldier. She enlisted in the imperial Austrian army in the guise of a man and was awarded with the Medal for Bravery (Austria-Hungary) for valor in combat for her service in the Dolomitian front in 1915-1917. She retired from service when she had to amputate her leg in 1917 and her sex was discovered during treatment. She then served within the Red Cross during the rest of the war, were she was also decorated for her service. She attracted attention and was hailed as a patriotic war heroine.
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- Reinhard Heinisch: Frauen in der Armee – Viktoria Savs, das „Heldenmädchen von den Drei Zinnen“. In: Pallasch, Zeitschrift für Militärgeschichte. Heft 1/1997. Österreichischer Milizverlag, Salzburg 1997, ZDB-ID 1457478-0, S. 41–44.
- Das Heldenmädchen von den Drei Zinnen. Auf dem Kommunalfriedhof in Salzburg befindet sich ein unscheinbares Grab, auf dessen Grabstein kaum leserlich der Name Viktoria Savs steht. Welche Bewandtnis hat es nun mit dieser Frau Savs? In: Mitteilungen und Berichte. Heft 129/2009. Österreichisches Schwarzes Kreuz, Wien 2015, ZDB-ID 2708727-X, S. 36.
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