Two decades after Adolf Hitler terrorized Europe.

A high-ranking religious figure in the United States, Archbishop Valerian Triefer was

embroiled in controversy.

Romanian immigrants identified Archbishop Triefer as a man with a secret past, responsible

for the murders of hundreds of Jews during the war.

Triefer denied it.

To see whether Triefer played a role in these horrific war crimes, the United States government

looked for scientific proof.

Sir, could you confirm your name for me please?

My name is Vera Tvif.

In 1950, a Romanian immigrant, VRL Triefer came to the United States to start a new life.

Triefer told the United States immigration officials that he was a victim of the Nazis

during the war.

He said that when he left his native Romania, he was taken prisoner by the German Gestapo.

He said he was held at the Dockhau concentration camp and was lucky to escape with his life.

After the war, he said he struggled to survive.

And then, like hundreds of thousands of refugees came to America under the Displaced Persons

Act.

The Displaced Persons Act was a statute enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President

in 1948 that had the noble purpose of rescuing victims of persecution in Europe who were

languishing in the so-called DP camps and resettling them in the United States where

life would be better.

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