CIA & the Nazis
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4.5 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Cold War saw an era of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union - double agents, clashing political ideologies, and advancements in nuclear war; it was a tense time on the geopolitical stage. But how did all of these factors ultimately lead to the CIA knowingly recruiting former Nazi's into their ranks?
In the third episode of our CIA series, James is joined by Professor Norm Goda to look at this dark chapter of the CIA's past. Co-author of 'US Intelligence and the Nazis', Norm takes us through his work on declassifying CIA material, and the stunning revelations behind one of the world's most formidable government organisations and it's dark past of the Nazi war criminals it once employed.
You can find Norm's book with Richard Breitman here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitlers-Shadow-Nazi-Criminals-Intelligence/dp/130034735X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BUEGKQLTAI14
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of heightened Cold War tensions, where America's new enemy was the evil Soviet Empire, |
| 0:07.0 | there were few limits on where vital intelligence could be sourced. |
| 0:10.0 | From double agents to organized crime, family members to close friends. |
| 0:15.0 | If a member of the US Central Intelligence Agency could get information out of you, they would. |
| 0:21.0 | This was no more true than when it came to dealing with former Nazis. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm your host James Rogers and as part of our special CIA mini series here on the warfare |
| 0:29.3 | podcast I'm joined by Professor Norm Goda. Norm is the co-author of Hitler's Shadow, |
| 0:35.0 | Nazi war criminals, US Intelligence and the Cold War, |
| 0:38.0 | and he was integral to the groundbreaking US investigation |
| 0:42.0 | into the use of former Nazis by the CIA. |
| 0:46.1 | By utilizing Norm's remarkable access to declassified CIA records, he provides us with an unbelievable |
| 0:52.4 | insight into the secret network of former Nazi agents that were funded and controlled by the CIA across Europe. |
| 1:01.0 | As you can imagine, funding Nazis and trusting their intel didn't always go to plan. |
| 1:07.1 | Hi NOM, welcome to the warfare podcast. How you doing? |
| 1:09.6 | Thanks for having me. I'm doing well. |
| 1:11.5 | Good to hear. Where in the world are you? I'm at well. Good to hear. |
| 1:12.6 | Where in the world are you? |
| 1:13.6 | I'm at the University of Florida and Gainesville, Florida. |
| 1:17.0 | Very nice. |
| 1:18.0 | Not a bad place to spend the winter at all. |
| 1:20.6 | And it makes sense at your base, I guess. You spent many years now writing on |
| 1:24.4 | Hitler and war crimes and the Holocaust and the Nazis who joined US intelligence. And correct me if I'm wrong, |
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