Nazis at the Watercooler : War Criminals in Postwar German Government Agencies / Terrence C. Petty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petty, Terrence C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War criminals--Germany (West)--History.

War criminals.

Intelligence service--Germany (West)--History.

Intelligence service.

Ex-Nazis--Germany (West)--History.

Ex-Nazis.

Germany (West)--Officials and employees--History.

Germany (West).

Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.

Germany.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2023]

Summary:

Nazis at the Watercooler chronicles a historic injustice quieted by German government officials and abetted by the CIA: the ease with which Nazi war criminals were able to land jobs in the postwar civil service, largely because of a callous indifference among German authorities about job candidates' wartime records.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. American Culpability

1. Beginnings

2. The Chameleon

3. Gold Watch for a War Criminal

4. Fickle Friends

5. Secret Agent 9610

6. A Talk on the Terrace

Part 2. Second Guilt

7. Toppling the Wall of Silence

8. The Reckoning

9. Elusive Perpetrators

10. Killers Welcome

11. The Rosenburg File

12. A Burial in Chile

13. A Tainted Democracy?

14. Redemption

15. Squandered Opportunities

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-64012-640-6