TIME: The History of Nazi Immigration to the U.S. Has Been Forgotten

Claire E. Auben for Time magazine has a fascinating article reminding us of a forgotten episode of U.S. history:

“Canada and the United States allowed and even encouraged the immigration of Nazi collaborators and Holocaust perpetrators in the years following [World War II]. . . . Our popular memory has downplayed the welcome offered to Nazi immigrants after the war, which is how Americans, like Canadians, have repeatedly blithely celebrated men from units accused of contributing to atrocities. . . . The most well-known instance of Nazi collaborators immigrating to the U.S. was through Operation Paperclip, in which some 1,600 Nazi scientists and engineers were employed by the U.S. government and given residence and citizenship in the ensuing years.”

Click the link above to read the article.

KJ