Nazis in the UK
Beneath the anxious skies of haze-bound England, you don¹t need a
weatherman to know which way the wind blows. � Alex Constantine
NAZIS ASSUMED DIVIDED BRITAIN WOULD LOSE WAR (Independent, November 26,
1993, p. 3): ³Hitler believed Britain was so divided in 1941 it could be
defeated without invasion, according to documents from Sir Winston
Churchill¹s wartime intelligence archive, released yesterday.
³Other documents released show Britain received reports in 1942
revealing that more than 8,000 men and women died at Auschwitz concentration
camp in a single month.
³Jewish groups maintain that Britain knew more about genocide inside
the camp than it has been prepared to admit.
³Newly released material also reinforces claims that Britain knew of,
or was able to predict, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 but
failed to warn the United States in an effort to draw her into the war....²
CHANNEL ISLAND NAZIS COULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED (Guardian, January 23,
1995): ³The Government¹s long-standing claim that none of the Nazis
respinsible for war crimes on the Channel Islands could be brought to trial
because they escaped capture has been revealed to be a lie.
³A British military intelligence report uncovered by Guardian reporter
Madeliene Bunting in archives in Moscow shows that in September 1945 there
were 15 suspected German war criminals being held either on the Channel
Islands or in British mainland camps. A further 31 swuspects were identified
as easily traceable.
³None was ever tried, apparently because of official embarrassment
about the risk of exposure of the scale of collaboration on the islands, and
the fact that the islands witnessed the biggest mass murder ever on British
soil....
³In 1945, a copy of the report was sent to the Soviet Union as �the
most aggrieved nation¹ in the islands¹ labor camps.
³� Wicked and merciless crimes were carried out on British soil in the
last three years,¹ Capt. Pantcheff told his superiors after interviewing
hundreds of survivors and captors. The crimes included shootings and
beatings of sick and starving prisoners on Alderney. In his report, Capt.
Pantcheff recommended prosecutions byt, in a television interview in 1990,
he maintained that rials had been impossible because those responsible �had
all left before we got here....¹²
KING GEORGE VI �TRIED TO STOP THE JEWS ESCAPING NAZI GERMANY
(International Express, No. 299, July 1994, P. 4): ³The Queen¹s father tried
to stop Jewish families escaping Nazi Germany, according to a controversial
new book. George VI is accused of personally intervening to prevent refugees
from Hitler fleeing to the safety of Palestine....²
THE NAZI-HUNTERS FACE COSTLY DEFEAT (International Express, No. 169, p.
13): ³Britain¹s most expensive police investitation, the worldwide hunt for
Nazi war criminals, is on the brink of collapse.
³After a two-year inquiry, a hand-picked Scotland Yard squad has failed
to uncover enough evidence for a single prosecution.....²
1500 UKRANIAN SS OFFICERS MIGRATED TO THE UK (Independent,
January 15, 2001): ³Suspected Nazi war criminals would be stripped of
British citizenship under plans being drawn up by the Government to speed
the extradition of those accused of committing atrocities during the Second
World War. Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, is reviewing his powers amid
claims that 1,500 members of a notorious Ukrainian SS division are living in
the UK....
³Barbara Roche, the Immigration minister, revealed a change was being
considered after a series of allegations about former Nazis living in
Britain. "The Home Secretary is considering the scope of his powers under
immigration and nationality legislation in relation to individuals suspected
of war crimes or crimes against humanity," she confirmed....
BRITAIN �A HAVEN FOR WAR CRIMINALS¹ (Guiardian, December 15, 1993, p.
4) ³War crimes campaigners have accused the Government of procrastinating
over trials as the United States government announced that a British citizen
alleged to be a former SS camp guard is to be deported to Britain.
³Alexander Schweidler, aged 71, a Czech-born British citizen has been
living in the United States since 1965. He agreed to leave the country after
being charged with having concealed his SS record when applying for a visa
to enter the United States....²
TOP BRITISH GENERAL SENT TO HONOUR S.S. (International Express, April
1994): ³Diplomats accused over tributes to �gallant Nazi dead¹ � Britain¹s
new army commander in Bosnia is at the centre of an embarrassing row after
joining former SS officers at a war memorial service organized by one of
Hitler¹s closest aides.
³The Foreign Office in London asked Brigadier General Andrew Ridgway
and two staff officers to lay a wreath at the Second World War ceremony in
Celle, northern Germany....²
