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1) Killing the SS: the hunt for the worst war criminals in history

Author

O'Reilly, Bill

Series

Killing

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, Large Print

Description

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"Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing series. As the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war...

2) Operation Paperclip: the secret intelligence program that brought Nazi scientists to America

Author

Jacobsen, Annie

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2014

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xii, 575 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Details how the U.S. government embarked on a covert operation to recruit and employ Nazi scientists in the years following World War II in an effort to prevent their knowledge and expertise from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union.