Six months after Allied Forces liberated German concentration camps, a military tribunal formed at Nuremberg to prosecute Nazi war criminals. Some of the most dangerous were brought to justice--but not all. Over 4,000 former Nazis went to work for the U.S. government, without the public's knowledge, to help fight the Soviet Union. Reinhard Gehlen, an intelligence officer for Hitler's General Staff, was tapped to head the U.S. intelligence program in West Germany to spy on the Russians. At the same time, former Nazi scientists and engineers were welcomed onto American soil. In 1998, a bill was finally signed into law that mandated declassification of documents concerning recruitment of former Nazis. We dig into the records to see if the ends justified the means and ask how far the U.S. should go to partner with a former enemy to fight another.
@markzen582 why is it that people can never make the distinction between the people of a country and their corrupt government? There are many, many very good, very smart people in the US...don't shoulder the deeds of some shitheads in office on an entire population of 300 million, please. That'd be like saying all Germans are Nazis because Germany was run by a Nazi regime. Most of us don't like the way our government works any more than the rest of the world-"freedom" is only figurative.
sonbuhitsunei 1 month ago
At 2.20 rest assured General Gelen was 'DEEPLY PENETRATED' (sic) in some arcane kabala ceremony by ranking US Jewish descended 33rd degree Masons in charge of deceiving all of the lower ranks of Masons who'd long been cooperating with the Illuminati in control of Hitler Nazis Stalin Soviets Japs & also the various Allies BEFORE he got the big gig in the sky with the CIA precursor known as OSS but that pun aside (True pun) the more things change (Muslim Terror) the more they stay the same...
spacelizardlaw 4 months ago
Lulz, CIA spying on their spies who are spying on them?
Wintermute01001 8 months ago
God Bless the NAZIs and the CIA.
montsyblackmadonna 10 months ago
@homeboy1716 It's generally accepted that it was economic collapse.
JerFhilm 1 year ago
because everyone in the soviet union with an ounce of brain power were not supporters of communism.
broyleskills 1 year ago
why did the soviet union fall any way
homeboy1716 2 years ago