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NEWS
CIA Arranged Safe Haven for Nazi Fugitives
By R. Hoffner
The New York Times has revealed that after World War II the CIA provided safe havens for dozens of fleeing Nazi criminals — though authorities were aware of their past deeds — in exchange for valuable intelligence information on the Nazi regime that helped the Americans in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
According to the report, at least 25 Nazis were settled in the US, including Adolph Eichmann's right-hand man, Otto Von Bolschwing, who helped develop the Nazi plan to "purge Germany of Jews." Another name on the list was the Third Reich's rocket scientist, Arthur Rudolf, who was involved in Nazi Germany's Project V-2 and later helped develop the Saturn 5 rocket, which enabled the first manned flight to space on the Apollo Mission. NASA even awarded him a Distinguished Service Medal.
The Times reports that in 1979 the US Justice Department set up a special investigations section to deport high-level figures with a Nazi past and deported or banned the entry of more than 300 former Nazis, including Bolschwing, who died in 1981 at the age of 72 soon after his deportation.
The special investigations section's most significant discovery was the CIA's link with dozens of Nazi criminals.
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