Hunting Nazis in Franco's Spain Contributor(s): Messenger, David A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807155632 ISBN-13: 9780807155639 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Western Europe - General |
Dewey: 946.082 |
LCCN: 2013041712 |
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.8" W x 8.78" (0.92 lbs) 232 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Spanish - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the waning days and immediate aftermath of World War II, Nazi diplomats and spies based in Spain decided to stay rather than return to a defeated Germany. The decidedly pro-German dictatorship of General Francisco Franco gave them refuge and welcomed other officials and agents from the Third Reich who had escaped and made their way to Iberia. Amid fears of a revival of the Third Reich, Allied intelligence and diplomatic officers developed a repatriation program across Europe to return these individuals to Germany, where occupation authorities could further investigate them. Yet due to Spain's longstanding ideological alliance with Hitler, German infiltration of the Spanish economy and society was extensive, and the Allies could count on minimal Spanish cooperation in this effort. |