Pannwitz was a German national , and under the provisions of the Yalta Conference not subject to repatriation to the Soviet Union . But on May 26 , he was deprived of his command and placed under arrest while the forcible loading of the Cossacks into trucks began and continued through the following days . Although many escaped from their camps following these actions , General v. Pannwitz and many of his German officers shared the uncertain fate of the Cossacks , so these Germans surrendered with the Cossacks to Soviet authorities at Judenburg
Yalta Conference
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Helmuth von Pannwitz