The Gehlen Organization, Nazis, and the Middle East

摘要

This article analyzes the role of the Gehlen Organization in the resettlement of Nazis in the Middle East. It brings to light the efforts of the American sponsored agency to facilitate the smuggling of controversial individuals out of Europe. In a period in which Nazis were desperately sought by Arab countries like Egypt and Syria to confront the newly created state of Israel, networks of escape for war criminals were established in Italy under the aegis of the German agency. This article concludes that the Gehlen Organization was heavily involved in the escape of Nazis to the Middle East.