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Nazi War Criminals In The United States: It's Never Too Late For Justice, David R. Gelfand
Nazi War Criminals In The United States: It's Never Too Late For Justice, David R. Gelfand
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
While this note focuses on Nazi war criminals living in the United States, it calls for international cooperation in prosecuting war criminals. It traces the history of post-war agreements relating to the prosecution of Nazi war criminals, and their application at the Nuremberg Trials. This note then examines how Nazi war criminals entered the United States following World War II, and how they have lived here for four decades virtually unnoticed. Additionally, this note analyzes the recent efforts of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), a branch of the Department of Justice, to prosecute Nazi war criminals living in the …