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How America Became a Safe Haven for Nazis after WWII

Friday, November 14, 2014

John Demjanjuk (C), 81-year-old retired auto worker living in Cleveland, OH who his past as a Nazi death camp guard, appears in a courtroom at the start of his trial February 16, 1987 in a Jerusalem. John Demjanjuk (C), 81-year-old retired auto worker living in Cleveland, OH who his past as a Nazi death camp guard, appears in a courtroom at the start of his trial February 16, 1987 in a Jerusalem. (Yaakov Sa''ar/GPO/Getty Images)

After World War II, thousands of Nazis—from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich—came to the United States and settled into new lives. For many, their pasts were easily disguised and their war crimes forgotten. Investigative reporter Eric Lichtblau tells how some Nazis even received help and protection from the U.S. government—the CIA, FBI, and the military used them as spies, intelligence assets, and leading scientists and engineers. In The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men, Lichtblau shines a light on this little-known chapter of postwar history.

The Nazis Next Door

 

 

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