Hunt for Nazis : South America's dictatorships and the prosecution of Nazi crimes / Daniel Stahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stahl, Daniel, 1981- author.

Series:

Studies of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

NIOD studies on war, holocaust, and genocide

Standardized Title:

Nazi-Jagd. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation--South America--History--20th century.

Criminal investigation.

Criminal investigation--Germany--History--20th century.

Nazis--South America--History--20th century.

Nazis.

War criminals--South America.

War criminals.

Nazi hunters--South America.

Nazi hunters.

National socialism.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

South America--Politics and government--20th century.

South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Hunt for Nazis is the first comprehensive account of the post-1945 efforts to bring Nazi war criminals who had escaped to South America to justice. The author shows that the Nazi hunt -- which resulted in spectacular cases like the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann -- should not only be understood as part of the afterlife of the Third Reich, but that it also became an integral aspect of dealing with repression at the hands of authoritarian regimes in South America. Dissidents and human rights activists assumed that the escaped Nazi perpetrators and collaborators continued to be involved in violent crimes in the service of these new dictatorships.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface to the English translation

Introduction

I. The 'Fourth Reich'

II. Reluctant Manhunt

III. Nazi Hunting as Political Opposition

IV. Two Ways of Dealing with State Atrocities

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

The Most Important Manhunts and Extradition Proceedings

Abbreviations

Sources and Literature

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Translation of Nazi-Jagd. Südamerikas Diktaturen und die Ahndung von NS-Verbrechen published in 2013.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69763-1

1-04-079653-2

90-485-3624-3

9781003697633

OCLC:

1054222458