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‘Goni has powerfully exposed the deceits and conniving, and pierced what he calls the "wall of silence"’
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"A chilling, detailed story of one of Argentina's most shameful secrets."
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The whole issue of leading Nazis fleeing to South America and Argentina in particular at the end of WWII given the long known admiration the Peronist leadership had for Hitler and the Nazis seems a ready made amazing latter day discovery and revelation story picked up on many years after the end of that war. Fiction such as Frederick Forsyth's The Odessa File had simply inferred the possibility this had all happened - what was missing was the hard evidence.
Apart from Eichmann who due largely to his own personal failings was caught and smuggled back to Israel for trial, the later identification by Goni when acting as a journalist for the Sunday Times of the various trails that have long existed but have been ignored seems one of those stories that should by its originality have been a licence to print money! Alongside the history of the Nazi war criminals who fled a defeated Germany through a European network and settled in this part of Latin America, the depicting of the wider political scene of why Argentina and the post WWII politics of that country as it veered between outright military juntas and dictatorships versus being one of the most successful Latin American economies, cries out for a well written analysis in the English language.
Sadly, this book is not it though it covers in extreme detail many of the base points mentioned. The reasons for this are a very pedestrian writing style where like a policeman the author pieces together many events and meetings like a big evolving jigsaw puzzle. Sadly despite being a journalist he never seems able to rise above the detail and provide the bigger global and national picture analysis in a way that an European reader can easily assimilate. As a result I have ended up reading this book piecemeal as it just does not keep your interest, fascinating though a lot of the historical detail is. One is left wondering whether an non-Argentinian writer is finally needed to deliver the comprehensive over view (both European and Argentinian aspects) that this long overlooked and hidden subject requires?
Apart from Eichmann who due largely to his own personal failings was caught and smuggled back to Israel for trial, the later identification by Goni when acting as a journalist for the Sunday Times of the various trails that have long existed but have been ignored seems one of those stories that should by its originality have been a licence to print money! Alongside the history of the Nazi war criminals who fled a defeated Germany through a European network and settled in this part of Latin America, the depicting of the wider political scene of why Argentina and the post WWII politics of that country as it veered between outright military juntas and dictatorships versus being one of the most successful Latin American economies, cries out for a well written analysis in the English language.
Sadly, this book is not it though it covers in extreme detail many of the base points mentioned. The reasons for this are a very pedestrian writing style where like a policeman the author pieces together many events and meetings like a big evolving jigsaw puzzle. Sadly despite being a journalist he never seems able to rise above the detail and provide the bigger global and national picture analysis in a way that an European reader can easily assimilate. As a result I have ended up reading this book piecemeal as it just does not keep your interest, fascinating though a lot of the historical detail is. One is left wondering whether an non-Argentinian writer is finally needed to deliver the comprehensive over view (both European and Argentinian aspects) that this long overlooked and hidden subject requires?
31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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I have to admit, when I first saw this book, I HAD to buy it because it covers an area which is generally under-researched in Western literature. It skilly describes the escape route for many Nazis and their non-German collaborators after WW2. It is interesting to note how 100's escaped to Juan Peron's pro-Nazi Argentina, including members of the Belgian Rexist Party, French Vichy Regime and Croatian Ustashi.
It also demonstrates Pope Pius XII's connection to the Nazi escape routes, to a great degree organised by Catholic clergymen, such as Father Krunoslav Draganovic and Father Alois Hudal. Those who constantly claim that the highest elements of the Catholic Church weren't anti-Semitic and didn't support the Nazis are kidding themselves and are obviously refusing to acknowledge the truth, even when it slaps them in the face.
It also demonstrates Pope Pius XII's connection to the Nazi escape routes, to a great degree organised by Catholic clergymen, such as Father Krunoslav Draganovic and Father Alois Hudal. Those who constantly claim that the highest elements of the Catholic Church weren't anti-Semitic and didn't support the Nazis are kidding themselves and are obviously refusing to acknowledge the truth, even when it slaps them in the face.
There is extensive evidence in Goni's book but also other books, such as Vladimir Dedijer's "Yugoslav Auschwitz", clearly demonstrating that members of the Croatian Ustashi were personally blessed by Pius himself in 1941 and unofficially supported the Ustashi's genocide of Serbs, Jews and Romanies in the Independent State of Croatia. So much for Catholic "morality" and "values".
I strongly recommend this book and the only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because there are a FEW points in the book where it becomes slightly tedious.
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A very interesting book which touches on the Nazi`s who have lived the last 50 years in freedom within South America.
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I found this book a more informative book and a better read than 'Hunting Evil' by Guy Walters. Both cover the subject from different angles but the end product is the same. Read more
Published on 3 May 2010 by P. Waller
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I decided to read this after it was described as an "excellent book" and referred to as a source in the Philip Kerr novel "A Quiet Flame" featuring his quirky German policeman hero... Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by John Fitzpatrick
So this is how the Nazi's escaped to South America
A very detailed, well researched book of facts (too often repetitive with much of the sameness, which made me tired quickly) which opens the curtains on this taboo subject. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2009 by N. Brennan
A real eye opener!
How did so many WWII criminals make their way to South America? Who helped them and perhaps more importantly who turned a blind eye. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2002 by "markjbyrne"
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