Nazis at the Watercooler – War Criminals in Postwar German Government Agencies

Nazis at the Watercooler\nby Terrence Petty\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Terrence Petty\nTitle: Nazis at the Watercooler\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9781640125698\nISBN-10: 1640125698\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAfter World War II, when a new German democracy was born in the western region of the vanquished Third Reich, tens of thousands of civil servants were hired to work for newly formed government agencies to get the new republic quickly on its feet. But there was an enormous flaw in the plan: no serious vetting system was put in place to keep war criminals out of government positions.\n\n Ex-Nazis\u2014people who had been involved in mass murder, drafting antisemitic laws, and the pers.