Show Notes
In the decades following the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis from Germany, Austria and other countries fled Europe to avoid investigation for war crimes. Many of them used informal escape networks in countries such as Italy and Spain. Today, we're going to talk about these 'rat lines'.
Holocaust History Podcast
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Books
Betina Anton, “Hiding Mengele How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death”: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9424/9781837733002
Philippe Sands, “The Ratline”: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9424/9781474608152
Waitman Wade Beorn, “Between the Wires”: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9424/9781496237590
Waitman Wade Beorn, “Marching into Darkness”: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9424/9780674725508
Gitta Sereny, “Into That Darkness”: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9424/9780712674478
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