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Reich.^[1] The story of escaped Nazis after the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 has long gripped novelists and Hollywood screenwriters, as seen by such bestsellers and subsequent box office hits as The Salzburg Connection, The Boys from Brazil, Marathon Man, and The ODESSA File.^[2] Since the 1970s, the topic has also proven steady fare for historians and journalists.^[3]

↑ For an overall discussion, see Kevin C. Ruffner, "A Persistent Emotional Issue: CIA's Support to the Nazi War Criminal Investigations," Studies in Intelligence (Unclassified ed. 1997), pp. 103-109. (U)
↑ One guide to American spy movies notes, "Hollywood, in its unique, uncanny way, was quick to turn out dramas about unrepentant Nazis planning for the next onslaught as early as 1944. During the next few decades dozens of plots centered around schemes by former Nazis to steal gold and jewels, restore their former glory and spread fear and hatred among the peoples of the world. A few were earnest attempts to expose the flight of war criminals, some were simple entertainments and others were undisguised propaganda films." See Larry Langman and David Ebner, Encyclopedia of American Spy Films (New York: Garland Publishing, 1990), pp. 258-260. (U)
↑ Public interest in Nazi war criminals can be seen in the number of publications since the mid-1970s, including Charles R. Allen, Nazi War Criminals in America: Facts— Action: The Basic Handbook (New York: Highgate House, 1985); Mark Aarons and John Loftus, Unholy Trinity: How the Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991); Charles Ashman and Robert J. Wagman, Nazi Hunters: The Shocking True Story of the Continuing Search for Nazi War Criminals (New York: Pharos Books, 1988); Howard Blum, Wanted!: The Search for Nazis in America (New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, 1977); Tom Bower, The Paperclip Conspiracy: The Hunt for Nazi Scientists (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987); William B. Breuer, Race to the Moon: America's Duel with the Soviets (Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993); Linda Hunt, Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991); Beate Klarsfeld, Wherever They May Be! (New York: Vanguard Press, 1975); John Loftus, The Belarus Secret, ed. Nathan Miller (New York: Paragon House, 1989, rev. ed. 1982); Allan A. Ryan, Jr., Quiet Neighbors: Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals in America (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984); Rochelle G. Saidel, The Outraged Conscience: Seekers of Justice for Nazi War Criminals in America (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984); Christopher Simpson, Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War (New York: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1988); and Efraim Zuroff, Occupation: Nazi Hunter; The Continuing Saga for the Perpetrators of the Holocaust (Hoboken: KTAV Publishing House, 1994). (U)

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[1] For an overall discussion, see Kevin C. Ruffner, "A Persistent Emotional Issue: CIA's Support to the Nazi War Criminal Investigations," Studies in Intelligence (Unclassified ed. 1997), pp. 103-109. (U)

[2] One guide to American spy movies notes, "Hollywood, in its unique, uncanny way, was quick to turn out dramas about unrepentant Nazis planning for the next onslaught as early as 1944. During the next few decades dozens of plots centered around schemes by former Nazis to steal gold and jewels, restore their former glory and spread fear and hatred among the peoples of the world. A few were earnest attempts to expose the flight of war criminals, some were simple entertainments and others were undisguised propaganda films." See Larry Langman and David Ebner, Encyclopedia of American Spy Films (New York: Garland Publishing, 1990), pp. 258-260. (U)

[3] Public interest in Nazi war criminals can be seen in the number of publications since the mid-1970s, including Charles R. Allen, Nazi War Criminals in America: Facts— Action: The Basic Handbook (New York: Highgate House, 1985); Mark Aarons and John Loftus, Unholy Trinity: How the Vatican's Nazi Networks Betrayed Western Intelligence to the Soviets (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991); Charles Ashman and Robert J. Wagman, Nazi Hunters: The Shocking True Story of the Continuing Search for Nazi War Criminals (New York: Pharos Books, 1988); Howard Blum, Wanted!: The Search for Nazis in America (New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, 1977); Tom Bower, The Paperclip Conspiracy: The Hunt for Nazi Scientists (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987); William B. Breuer, Race to the Moon: America's Duel with the Soviets (Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993); Linda Hunt, Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945-1990 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991); Beate Klarsfeld, Wherever They May Be! (New York: Vanguard Press, 1975); John Loftus, The Belarus Secret, ed. Nathan Miller (New York: Paragon House, 1989, rev. ed. 1982); Allan A. Ryan, Jr., Quiet Neighbors: Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals in America (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984); Rochelle G. Saidel, The Outraged Conscience: Seekers of Justice for Nazi War Criminals in America (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984); Christopher Simpson, Blowback: America's Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War (New York: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1988); and Efraim Zuroff, Occupation: Nazi Hunter; The Continuing Saga for the Perpetrators of the Holocaust (Hoboken: KTAV Publishing House, 1994). (U)

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