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Cliff Arnebeck

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25. Great work by the NYT

Reply to No Compromise (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 08:05 PM

Jan 2013

Long live investigative journalism! Our chance for democracy depends upon it.

Cliff Arnebeck

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Why Were 10,000 Nazis Given Safe Haven in US? Kinda creepy, where are they now? [View all] No Compromise Jan 2013 OP

Were all these Germans really Nazis? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #1

probuably in that tbey were members of the party though that may have been to avoid being killed loli phabay Jan 2013 #4

That actually did happen, btw. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #39

A lot of NAZI Party members really were NAZIs. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #52

That, too, is true, sadly. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #53

I'd say most are in the grave. ileus Jan 2013 #2

Our Germans were better than their Germans. tritsofme Jan 2013 #3

i;ve always been creeped out by how many samsingh Jan 2013 #5

I volunteer taught ESL to Russian speakers. Igel Jan 2013 #9

that's disgusting samsingh Jan 2013 #14

you act like everyone who joined the party was coerced. not the case. and the moral case HiPointDem Jan 2013 #15

kick samsingh Jan 2013 #42

Did you ever live in Germany or Austria? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #54

and become repug politiations... movonne Jan 2013 #31

So we could win the moon race. nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #6

Because they had special skills, e.g. Wernher von Braun. nt jody Jan 2013 #7

Agree. Bringing in Nazi scientists would have been advantageous at the time, Dash87 Jan 2013 #11

and put them to work in Big Pharma No Compromise Jan 2013 #43

We've known about Operation Paperclip for over 40 years, and they're still covering up the details? leveymg Jan 2013 #8

Because everyone of any consequence in Germany was a Nazi. Xithras Jan 2013 #10

But there are also many former prison guards and real Nazis sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #12

What do you know of Wernher von Braun and his team of scientists, or the Gehlen Group?.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #16

I have been reading a lot of history about Germany under Hitler sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #20

Thanks for you post. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #55

Roots of the modern repug party. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #13

Friends of Prescott Bush....n/t monmouth3 Jan 2013 #17

They are dead now. nt OldEurope Jan 2013 #18

No they are not all dead, some are still around. Not to mention that sabrina 1 Jan 2013 #21

Exactly, Sabrina1. The people who tried to overthrow FDR in 1933 had kids. Octafish Jan 2013 #23

Yes, very staunch in their beliefs and politics. Still very much "Master Race" ideology. Fla Dem Jan 2013 #46

yes, they still have the money, they put people in positions of power No Compromise Jan 2013 #49

I'll go with "dead", at least for most of them. 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #19

. Rex Jan 2013 #40

Went back to Wall Street and the Military-Industrial Complex. Octafish Jan 2013 #22

This is kinda sorta old news OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #24

Not old news to many, many Americans. woo me with science Jan 2013 #26

Sorry - I forget that having a family member in the National Archives has advantages OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #33

Great work by the NYT Cliff Arnebeck Jan 2013 #25

I would say most are dead now. rl6214 Jan 2013 #27

Weirner Von Braun brought his people over to work on missles for the U.S. Nazi propagandist ladjf Jan 2013 #28

Transnational "Security Specialists" in service to Multinational Corporate Overlords. ~nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #29

Most of them were scientists and people who had worked Warpy Jan 2013 #30

I knew one. DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #32

Cool story Bro! zappaman Jan 2013 #35

I worked for one. He was a nice guy and understood the history very well. Coyotl Jan 2013 #34

is this the same as the tea party today?... No Compromise Jan 2013 #36

No. Coyotl Jan 2013 #37

Well, personally I'm glad Werner von Braun worked for us instead of Stalin (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #38

My mother is from Nuremberg. Claybrains Jan 2013 #41

Almost all, if not all, would be dead by now. Marrah_G Jan 2013 #44

One of my grandparents friends may have been a Nazi Nikia Jan 2013 #45

Wasn't this called Operation Paperclip? ellie Jan 2013 #47

Google MK Ultra B2G Jan 2013 #48

MK Ultra is where they would be, yes No Compromise Jan 2013 #50

why? cuz we didn't want the Soviets to get them when they swooped into Germany librechik Jan 2013 #51