Russia frees 15 Austrian prisoners. Johann Schlossnickel is welcomed by his mother on his arrival by train at Vienna.

Russia frees 15 Austrian prisoners. Johann Schlossnickel is welcomed by his mother on his arrival by train at Vienna. Totday, April 29, among the party of 15 Austrian prisoners freed by Russia, Johann, en route to school eight years ago, when he was only 17, was grabbed, bundled into a car, and ended up in a Russian Prisoncamp. He said he was charged with espionage.