Nazis on the Run

• The gripping story of how Nazi war criminals fled from justice at the end of the Second World War
• Reveals the role played by the Vatican, the Red Cross, and the secret services of the major powers in smuggling them away
• Traces the complex escape routes of some of the most prominent Nazis, including Adolf Eichmann, through the Alps to safety in South America

Readership: All those interested in the history of Nazi Germany and the issue of war criminals and the hunt for them

Gerald Steinacher, Joseph A. Schumpeter Research Fellow at Harvard University and Lecturer on Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

Gerald Steinacher is currently a Joseph A. Schumpeter Research Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University and Lecturer on Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He is the author of numerous publications on German and Italian twentieth century history and is currently working on a study of the general attitudes and specific policies of the International Committee of the Red Cross in response to the Holocaust, the post-Second World War refugee crisis, and the early days of the Cold War.

"For anyone interested in what happened to Hitler's henchmen after the war, look no further." - Sunday Business Post

"A valuable and informative study that successfully brings all the threads together and provides a detailed account of the results of current historiography, adding details that shed light on previously unknown aspects ... a knowledgeable, detailed and accessible book." - German History vol. 30 no. 3

Introduction
1: The Nazi Escape Route Through Italy
2: The Co-Responsibility of the International Red Cross
3: The Vatican Network
4: The Intelligence Service Ratline
5: Destination Argentina
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index