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Franz Josef Huber, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, escaped punishment with U.S. backing and went on to work for West German intelligence, newly disclosed records reveal.
Nazi police chief in Vienna spied for West Germany © National Archives of Slovenia Franz Josef Huber ran the Gestapo secret police in Vienna A Nazi SS general responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews to death camps worked for West German intelligence after World War Two, shielded from prosecution. The protection given to Franz Josef Huber was revealed by the German spy service BND, in archives seen by German public broadcaster ARD. Huber ran the Gestapo in Vienna, the Nazis' second-biggest secret police HQ after Berlin. The US military knew about his crimes. Huber took charge of...
Ronen Bergman, The New York Times Published: 06 Apr 2021 12:21 PM BdST Updated: 06 Apr 2021 12:21 PM BdST 1939 photo: Shown left to right are Huber, Nebe (Kripo), Himmler, Heydrich and Müller planning the investigation of the Bürgerbräukeller assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. Wikipedia A top commander in Hitler’s secret police, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, was shielded by US and German authorities after World War II and later joined West Germany’s foreign intelligence service, which knew about his wartime role, newly disclosed records reveal. "); } By th...
German spy agency reveals that a top Nazi who sent Jews to their deaths helped it after the war.