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==In fiction== Like many other prominent World War II figures, Skorzeny has been portrayed in several works of fiction, such as the [[Worldwar Series|''Worldwar tetralogy'']] by [[Harry Turtledove]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-40550-0|title=Fiction Book Review: Worldwar: Striking the Balance by Harry Turtledove, Author Del Rey Books $23 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-40550-0|publisher=Publishersweekly.com|date=1996-11-04|accessdate=2015-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Gahan|author1-link=Gahan Wilson|title=Realms Of Fantasy v03n03 [1997-02] {LennySilv3r}|url=https://archive.org/details/RealmsOfFantasyV03n02199702LennySilv3r/page/n73/mode/2up?q=%22Otto+Skorzeny%22+turtledove|publisher=[[Realms of Fantasy]]|page=75|date=February 1997}}</ref> and [[1945 (Gingrich and Forstchen novel)|''1945'']] by [[Newt Gingrich]] and [[William R. Forstchen]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Gavriel D.|title=The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism|date=23 May 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-84706-3|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKNdxlzG6okC&q=skorzeny|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Winthrop-Young|first1=Geoffrey|title=The Third Reich in Alternate History: Aspects of a Genre-Specific Depiction of Nazi Culture|journal=The Journal of Popular Culture|date=October 2006|volume=39|issue=5|pages=878β896|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00310.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> In ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (novel)|The Eagle has Landed]]'' by [[Jack Higgins]], Skorzeny's rescue of Mussolini inspires a plan to kidnap [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=Alan|title=Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction|date=4 April 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-5587-6|page=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBCGCwAAQBAJ&dq=Skorzeny+%22the+eagle+has+landed%22+higgins&pg=PA131|language=en}}</ref> Skorzeny was portrayed in the television drama series ''[[Mussolini: The Untold Story]]'' and ''[[Mussolini and I]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitchell|first=Charles P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3MwCgAAQBAJ&q=skorzeny|title=The Hitler Filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 through 2000|date=17 September 2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786445851|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221155646/https://books.google.com/books?id=k3MwCgAAQBAJ&q=skorzeny|archive-date=21 February 2022|url-status=live|via=Google Books}}</ref> and the drama film ''[[Walking with the Enemy]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite news|title=Film tells true story of Hungarian Jew's infiltration of Nazi SS|language=en|work=[[St. Louis Jewish Light]]|url=https://www.stljewishlight.com/features/entertainment/film-tells-true-story-of-hungarian-jew-s-infiltration-of/article_670f1fde-d099-11e3-8775-0019bb2963f4.html|url-status=dead|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217215014/https://www.stljewishlight.com/features/entertainment/film-tells-true-story-of-hungarian-jew-s-infiltration-of/article_670f1fde-d099-11e3-8775-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> The Spanish drama-series ''[[Jaguar_(TV_series) |Jaguar]]'' is inspired by Skorzeny.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dewerne |first1=Yvonne |title="Jaguar" auf Netflix: Gab es den Mann aus der Serie wirklich? |url=https://www.esquire.de/entertainment/streaming-tv/jaguar-auf-netflix-nazijagd-spanien |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=24 September 2021 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghert-Zand |first1=Renee |title=Netflix's new series on Spanish Nazi hunters: Separating fact from fiction |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netflixs-new-series-on-spanish-nazi-hunters-separating-fact-from-fiction/ |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
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