Nazis on the run : how Hitler's henchmen fled justice / Gerald Steinacher.
Steinacher, Gerald.
2011
DD256.5 .S7413 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Nazis on the run : how Hitler's henchmen fled justice / Gerald Steinacher.
Author Steinacher, Gerald.
Uniform Title Nazis auf der Flucht. English
ISBN 9780199576869
0199576866
Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description xxvii, 382 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DD256.5 .S7413 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 943.087
940.5405
Summary Steinacher not only reveals how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the Second World War, fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, but he also highlights the key roles played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers.--From publisher description.
"How did thousands of Nazis, war criminals, and collaborators manage to flee Europe at the end of the Second World War, evading arrest and prosecution? Nazis on the Run skillfully uncovers the full extent of the secret escape routes and hiding places--"ratlines"--used to smuggle former Nazis out of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. The story follows the fugitives through South Tyrol, across the Alps into Italy, and onward to Argentina and elsewhere. Gerald Steinacher's research raises a host of uncomfortable questions. To what extent did the International Committee of the Red Cross enable criminals like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele to escape? How did South Tyrol become such a haven for war criminals? Why did some in Vatican relief agencies actively support the remnants of the Nazi party? And why did Allied Intelligence agencies choose to recruit ex-Nazis as anti-Soviet spies rather that turn them in for prosecution? A complex and intriguing story, Nazis on the Run demonstrates clearly just how difficult the capture of war criminals can be--and lays bare a dark episode in the chaos of post-War Europe."--book jacket.
Note Originally published as Nazis auf der Flucht. Wie Kriegsverbrecher über Italien nach Übersee entkamen, c2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-364) and indexes.
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1. The Nazi escape route through Italy:
Italy as a country of refuge
Refugees, prisoners of war, and war criminals
Illegal immigrants
Smuggling goods and people
South Tyrol, the Nazi bolt-hole
Fake papers;
2. The co-responsibility of the international Red Cross:
Red Cross travel documents
How the ICRC issued travel documents in Italy
The routine nature of false documentation
The Red Cross calls a halt
The Red Cross on the escape route
Escaping with ethnic German identity;
3. The Vatican network:
The Vatican relief commission
The national subcommittees
The network of Bishop Alois Hudal
The monsignor and the Croatian fascists
The role of the Church in South Tyrol
Denazification through baptism;
4. The intelligence service ratline:
Operation Bernhard
The special case of Italy
"Recycled" war criminals
The origins of the Italian ratline
The ratline players
Escape along the ratline;
Destination Argentina:
Argentinian immigration policy
The recruitment of specialists
Argentinian diplomats and agents in Italy
Perón's escape agents in Italy
Austrian pioneers in the escape network
The escape of the concentration camp commandants
A new start in Argentina;
Conclusion.

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