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020 $a9780199642458 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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050 00 $aDD256.5$b.S75213 2012
100 1 $aSteinacher, Gerald.
240 10 $aNazis auf der Flucht.$lEnglish
245 10 $aNazis on the run :$bhow Hitler's henchmen fled justice /$cGerald Steinacher ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2012
300 $axxvii, 382 pages, 16 pages of plates :$bilustrations, map ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published as Nazis auf der Flucht. Wie Kriegsverbrecher über Italien nach Übersee entkamen, c2008.
500 $aFirst published in hardback by Oxford University Press in 2011.
520 $aSteinacher not only reveals how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the Second World War, fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, but he also highlights the key roles played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers. --from publisher description
505 0 $aThe Nazi escape route through Italy. Italy as a country of refuge ; Refugees, prisoners of war, and war criminals ; Illegal immigrants ; Smuggling goods and people ; South Tyrol, the Nazi bolt-hole ; Fake papers -- The co-responsibility of the international Red Cross. Red Cross travel documents ; How the ICRC issued travel documents in Italy ; The routine nature of false documentation ; The Red Cross calls a halt ; The Red Cross on the escape route ; Escaping with ethnic German identity -- The Vatican network. The Vatican relief commission ; The national subcommittees ; The network of Bishop Alois Hudal ; The monsignor and the Croatian fascists ; The role of the Church in South Tyrol ; Denazification through baptism -- The intelligence service ratline. Operation Bernhard ; The special case of Italy ; "Recycled" war criminals ; The origins of the Italian ratline ; The ratline players ; Escape along the ratline -- Destination Argentina. Argentinian immigration policy ; The recruitment of specialists ; Argentinian diplomats and agents in Italy ; Perón's escape agents in Italy ; Austrian pioneers in the escape network ; The escape of the concentration camp commandants ; A new start in Argentina -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aFugitives from justice$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWar criminals$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNational socialism.
700 1 $aWhiteside, Shaun.
775 08 $iReproduction of (manifestation):$tNazis on the run$dOxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2011$h382 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.$w(DLC)2011929255