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In the aftermath of the Second World War as many as 55% of the federal government of West Germany had been former Nazis. Having been a member of the Nazi party was not seen as being such a bad thing in the first couple of decades after the war, and many former Nazis were able to simply continue their Nazi-related work out in the open.

Tangentially, the United Statesalso sheltered many Nazis as part of [[file:20210509115637-operation_paperclip.org][Operation Paperclip]].

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