Background
He was an Austrian Archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
He was an Austrian Archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany.
In 1918 and again in 1939 he volunteered to the Polish Army. He fought in the Polish–Soviet War. In 1920, he commanded the Grudziądz Fortress.
During the German occupation of Poland, he declared Polish nationality and refused to sign the Volksliste.
He was imprisoned in November 1939, kept in Cieszyn and tortured by the Gestapo. He left prison blind in one eye and half-paralyzed.
In October 1942, Albrecht and his family were sent to a labor camp in Strausberg. After liberation, he moved to Krakow and then to Sweden.
His estate was confiscated in 1939 by the Nazis, and again in 1945 by the communists.