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After World War II, American counterintelligence recruited former Gestapo officers, SS veterans and Nazi collaborators to an even greater extent than had been previously disclosed and helped many of them avoid prosecution or looked the other way when they escaped, according to thousands of newly declassified documents.
Originally posted by frozenspark
Operation Paperclip.. nothing new.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by DimensionalDetective
General Patton was almost grilled alive in the press after the war over his decisions to recruit Ex-NAZIs for the rebuilding of Germany and it's economy.
His point was that most if not all of the people who were critical for that effort were all Nazis. Before the end of the war almost everybody of education and expertise had joined the NAZI party. They had to if they wanted to be able to make any sort of living. In that period in Germany if you weren't a member of the party whether you believed in it or not your chances of working was vastly diminished.
I'm not justifying their actions I'm just saying is all.
Originally posted by frozenspark
Operation Paperclip.. nothing new.
God knows for what purpose they were recruited. MK Ultra? Create AIDS? Sterilize population? Disclosure of THAT would be monumental.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
His point was that most if not all of the people who were critical for that effort were all Nazis. Before the end of the war almost everybody of education and expertise had joined the NAZI party. They had to if they wanted to be able to make any sort of living. In that period in Germany if you weren't a member of the party whether you believed in it or not your chances of working was vastly diminished.
I'm not justifying their actions I'm just saying is all.
And what was the expertise of the Gestapo and SS veterans?
Not to mention the Nazi propagandists that we brought home to learn from.