ZDF-History

Nazis in the CIA (2014x49)

: 23, 2014

They were criminals, torturers and mass murderers: in 1945, dozens of high-ranking Nazis fled to safe exile from the Allied judiciary. There they know how to use their experience. Recruited by the CIA, the old enemies become Cold War allies. Numerous former Nazi greats and Italian fascists are hiring as agents for worldwide operations against communism: they organize torture and death squads in the pro-American military dictatorships in South America and are involved in attempted coups in Italy. "ZDF-History" reconstructs the paths of a global network, the secret power of which also extended to government circles in the Federal Republic. German