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Podcast: New Books in German Studies
Episode: Danny Orbach, "Fugitives: A History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold War" (Pegasus Books, 2022)
Description: Today IĀ talked to Danny Orbach about his bookĀ Fugitives: A History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold WarĀ (Pegasus Books, 2022).Shrouded in government secrecy, clouded by myths and propaganda, the enigmatic tale of Nazi fugitives in the early Cold War has never been properly toldāuntil now. In the aftermath of WWII, the victorious Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals āto the ends of the earth.ā Yet many slipped away to the four corners of the world or were shielded by the Western Allies in exchange for cooperation. Most prominently, Reinhard Gehlen, the founder of West Germ...