The Nazis next door
Subtitle: how America became a safe haven for Hitler's men
By: Eric Lichtblau
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780547669199
Subjects: Politics and government; Cold War; Nazis; American Espionage; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States; War criminals; Anti-communist movements; Refugees; Foreign relations; History
Description: "The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exposed by Nazi hunters. But the truth is much worse, and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI brought thousands of perpetrators to America as possible assets against their new Cold War enemies. When the Justice Department finally investigated and learned the truth, the results were classified and buried. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A Name from the Past; title: Liberation; title: The Good Nazis; title: "Minor War Crimes"; title: Echoes from Argentina; title: Tilting at Swastikas; title: In the Pursuit of Science; title: Out of the Shadows; title: "An Ugly Blot"; title: The Sins of the Father; title: A Good Party Spoiled; title: "An Innocent Man"; title: Backlash; title: Ivan the Terrible; title: The Road to Ponary; title: Appendix.