Editing Schellenberg (section)

===World War II===
The Russian Monument, located in [[Hinterschellenberg]], in the municipality commemorates the asylum given to Russian soldiers during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Monday |date=13 April 1953 |title=Last of the Wehrmacht |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818218,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222120252/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818218,00.html |archive-date=22 December 2008 |access-date=21 April 2023 |magazine=Time}}</ref> Near the end of World War II, Liechtenstein granted asylum to approximately five hundred soldiers of the [[First Russian National Army]], a collaborationist Russian force within the German [[Wehrmacht]]. This act was no small matter, as the country was poor and had difficulty feeding and caring for such a large group of refugees.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tolstoy |first=Nikolai |title=The Secret Betrayal |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=1977 |isbn=0-684-15635-0 |language=English}}</ref> Eventually, [[Argentina]] agreed to resettle the asylum seekers permanently.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Wanger |first=Harald |date=31 December 2011 |title=Liechtenstein, Franz Josef II |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Liechtenstein,_Franz_Josef_II._von |access-date=15 June 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref> In contrast, [[Operation Keelhaul|the British repatriated the Russians who fought on the German side to the USSR]].