The Real Odessa: How Nazi War Criminals Escaped Europe

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As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's premiership drew to aclose, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goni unravels the complexnetwork that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support - inScandinavia, Switzerland and Italy - and the enthusiasm of the Vatican andPresident Juan Peron, Goni shows how this 'ratline' allowed Adolf Eichmann -the architect of the 'Final Solution' - Josef Mengele, Eric Priebke, and manymore, into the country.

Both riveting and rigorous, this remarkable investigation sheds vital light onboth a disquieting episode in Europe's history, and the ties between Argentinian Catholic Nationalism and Fascist movements in Europe.

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Uki Goi's five year search for collateral evidence led him to files in Europe that confirmed a true story more gripping than... fiction * The Times *
A fascinating expose... essential * New Statesman *
Breathtakingly sinister - the stuff of every postwar spy novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Historical honesty shines through the pages of one of the most dishonest episodes in history -- Richard Overy * Sunday Telegraph *
Despite being thwarted by Argentine bureaucracy, we now have the full scandalous picture... [Goi] has performed an essential task with bravery and discipline * Guardian *
A brilliant work of detection and painstaking perseverance * Morning Star *
Goni has powerfully exposed the deceits and conniving, and pierced what he calls the "wall of silence" * Sunday Times, Culture *

Author Bio

UKI GONI is a journalist and writer based in Argentina. Heregularly contributes to the Guardian and the New YorkReview of Books. He has also been an op-ed columnist forthe New York Times.

PHILIPPE SANDS is Professor of Law at UCL, a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, and the author manybooks, including the Sunday Times bestselling The Ratlineand East West Street, which won the Baillie Gifford Prizefor Non-Fiction. He is President of English PEN and on theboard of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.