The Nazis next door how America became a safe haven for Hitler's men

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780547669229
ISBN: 0547669224
ISBN: 9780547669199
ISBN: 0547669194
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: A Name from the Past -- Liberation -- The Good Nazis -- "Minor War Crimes" -- Echoes from Argentina -- Tilting at Swastikas -- In the Pursuit of Science -- Out of the Shadows -- "An Ugly Blot" -- The Sins of the Father -- A Good Party Spoiled -- "An Innocent Man" -- Backlash -- Ivan the Terrible -- The Road to Ponary -- Appendix.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.