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'Powerful and gripping... Goñi [is] impressively relentless: leaving no discoverable stone unturned' Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline
As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler's regime drew to a close, many Nazi officials began to organize their escape from Germany. Thanks to an international effort - which included the enthusiastic support of the Vatican and President Juan Perón - they were able to evade justice, and found refuge in Argentina.
In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed author Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that protected these fugitives, revealing the 'ratline' that allowed Adolf Eichmann - the architect of the 'Final Solution' - Josef Mengele, Erich Priebke, and many more to escape Europe. Both compelling and revelatory, this remarkable investigation sheds vital light on a disquieting period in Europe's history.
This revised edition includes a new foreword by the author, new interviews, and a comprehensive list of the Nazi and European World War Two criminals who fled to Argentina.
UKI GOÑI is a journalist and writer based in Argentina. He regularly contributes to the Guardian and the New York Review of Books. He has also been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.
PHILIPPE SANDS is Professor of Law at UCL, a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, and the author many books, including the Sunday Times bestselling The Ratline and East West Street, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is President of English PEN and on the board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.