Product Description The attacks on September 11, 2001 did not mark the first time foreign nationals were secreted onto American soil. At the height of WWII, 8 German saboteurs crossed the Atlantic in a pair of U-boats, surfacing on the eastern shore with plans to attack, destroy, and terrorize. When captured, 6 of the 8 were executed, while the ringleader languished in prison. Recently declassified FBI documents paint a new portrait of the doomed mission and offer a surprising account from the spies' point of view. // Product Description As the Third Reich lay in ruins, hundreds of high-ranking Nazis including Adolph Eichmann and Josef Mengele somehow escaped Germany s closed borders and found safe havens in countries as diverse as Syria, Argentina, and America.  THE ODESSA FILE examines the persistent rumors and theories that claim the existence of a secret organization which allowed the escape of Nazi war criminals and perpetuated Nazi ideals. Professional Nazi hunters discuss the encounters that led them to believe such a network exists and perhaps still protects former war criminals to this day while historians explore the far-reaching evidence substantiating the group s existence, such as the Swiss banks handling of Nazi money and a possible link between the Perons of Argentina and ex-Nazi colonel Otto Skorenzy, who many suspect as the true mastermind behind Odessa.