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Showing posts with label Ukrainian-Americans. Show all posts
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
(Cold War) Politics makes strange bedfellows, indeed
American essayist Charles Dudley Warner once said "Politics makes
strange bedfellows". The United States government was quite ambivalent
towards former Nazis in the period after World War II, as highlighted in
the book "Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals".
Author Richard Rashke contends that the government found former Nazis useful in the struggle against Communism. Among the war criminals is John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-American living in the Cleveland area who once worked as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. Also discussed is German scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped produce V-2 rockets used against Great Britain during the War. Von Braun went on to receive the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1959.
Author Richard Rashke contends that the government found former Nazis useful in the struggle against Communism. Among the war criminals is John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-American living in the Cleveland area who once worked as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. Also discussed is German scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped produce V-2 rockets used against Great Britain during the War. Von Braun went on to receive the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1959.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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