Nazis on the Run

Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice is book by Gerald Steinacher, it was first published in German in 2008 with the title Nazis auf der Flucht. Wie Kriegsverbrecher über Italien nach Übersee entkamen it was published in English in 2011.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

First edition (publ. Studienverlag)

In this work, Steinacher compiles evidence from declassified International Committee of the Red Cross and US State Department documents that demonstrate the ways that the Catholic Church, the International Committee of the Red Cross and US government, as represented by the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), the precursor to the CIA, aided Nazi war criminals in their escape from Europe and retribution for their crimes against humanity.^[6] In light of this evidence, Steinacher further analyzes these three major institutions (the ICRC, the US government and the Catholic Church) aided Nazi war criminals in their escape from Justice. In many ways, Steinacher argues, the threat of the spread of Communism provided an impulse for the US government and the Catholic Church to aid Nazis who might potentially become new allies in their war against Godless Communism. As Steinacher writes, "In this context, underground networks born of the collaboration between the ICRC and the Catholic Church to help Nazis escape became useful to the Allies themselves."^[7]

Initially published in English by Oxford University Press in 2011, the book was later published in multiple languages. In 2011 the book was awarded the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category.^[8]

See also

• Aunt Anna's, a safe house in Merano, Italy described in the book
• List of most-wanted Nazi war criminals

References

1. Glienke, S. (2012). "Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice". German History. 30 (3): 478–480. doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghs004. ISSN 0266-3554.
2. Remy, S. P. (2013). "Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice, Gerald Steinacher". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 27 (3): 510–512. doi:10.1093/hgs/dct055. ISSN 8756-6583.
3. Hughes, John Jay (2012). "Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 98 (1): 150–151. doi:10.1353/cat.2012.0007. ISSN 1534-0708. S2CID 159624175.
4. Herr, Alexis (2014). "Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice by Gerald Steinacher". Human Rights Review. 15 (1): 115–116. doi:10.1007/s12142-014-0305-7. ISSN 1524-8879. S2CID 142456634.
5. Rosenfeld, Gavriel D. (2013). "Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice. By Steinacher". Central European History. 45 (4): 804–807. doi:10.1017/S0008938912000878. ISSN 0008-9389. S2CID 227071701.
6. Gerald Steinacher (2011). Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice. Oxford University Press. pp. xxi=xxiv. ISBN 9780199576869.
7. Gerald Steinacher (2011). Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice. Oxford University Press. pp. xxiv, xxii. ISBN 9780199576869.
8. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-21.