with Golian in Pohronský Bukovec. They were taken first to Banská Bystrica and then to Bratislava. On 10 November, they were transported to Vienna on Himmler's order, and then taken to Berlin. There they were interrogated by the SS-Reichssicherheitshauptamt in a prison on Prinz-Albert-Straße, but were treated decently. During the entire period Viest continued to declare support for the restoration of Czechoslovakia and democracy. Information about his last days is unclear. Viest probably died with other Slovak generals (Augustín Malár, Ján Golian and Štefan Jurech) in the Flossenbürg concentration camp sometime in 1945. While the camp remained in operation until April 1945, records covering the possible execution of the Slovak generals are missing. It is also possible that Viest and other Slovak generals survived the war, yet died later after being transferred to the Soviet Union. After his death, he was honoured in memoriam with the Order of Slovak National Uprising 1st class (1945), the Czechoslovak Military Cross (1945), and many other honours awarded by Czechoslovakia and other countries, listed below. In 1945, Viest was also promoted posthumously to the rank of General in the Czechoslovak Army. Honours Czechoslovak: Rad Sokola s mečmi 1918–1920 Československý vojnový kríž 1918 Československá medaila víťazstva (1922) Svätováclavská medaila Rad Slovenského národného povstania I. tr. in memoriam (1945) Rad červenej zástavy in memoriam Československá revolučná medaila Strieborná medaila I. tr. za zásluhy o ČSR Československá medaila Za zasluhy I. stupňa (1944) Československý vojnový kríž 1939 in memoriam (1945) Rad M. R. Štefánika III. tr. in memoriam (1991) Pamätný odznak a Medaila Štefánika III. tr. Slovak: Vojenský Rad Ludovíta Štúra I. tr. in memoriam (1995) Czech: Kříž obrany státu ministra obrany České republiky in memoriam (1995) Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski II. kl (1941) Order Odrodzenia Polski II. kl (1943) Yugoslavian: Orden Jugoslovenske krune Serbian: Orden Miloša Velikogo Military Cross French: L’Ordre National de la Legion d‘Honneur (1926) Croix de Guerre British: Military Cross Notes References Sources External links Biography of Rudolf Viest, Museum of the Slovak National Uprising (in Slovak) 1890 births 1945 deaths People from Revúca Slovak Lutherans Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Serbian military personnel of World War I World War I prisoners of war held by Russia Czechoslovak Legion Slovak National Uprising Czechoslovak prisoners of war Czechoslovak people imprisoned abroad Knights of the Order of the Falcon (Czechoslovakia) Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross Recipients of the Military Cross Recipients of