The Belarus Secret: The Nazi Connection in America

by John Loftus

THE BELARUS THE NAZI CONNECTION IN AMERICA is the first full account of an extraordinary clandestine operation carried out in direct defiance of presidential orders. The book reveals how after World War II the United States government illegally permitted the entry into America of Nazis from Eastern Europe. Unknown to Congress, the American public, and even President Truman, these war criminals were recruited for guerrilla warfare inside the Soviet bloc and, in return, were granted immunity. When those operations collapsed the collaborationists were brought into the United States and allowed to settle here. This extraordinary story made the headlines across the nation I 1982 when it was featured on 60 Minutes. In THE BELARUS SECRET, John Loftus brings to light the bloodstained careers of, among others - Radislaw Ostrowsky, the highest ranking Nazi ever to receive American citizenship; Franz Kushel, police commander of Byelorussia. His recruits transported over 40,000 men to an execution ground in 1941; and Emanuel Jasluk, wartime mayor of Kletsk, who supervised the killing of more than 5,000 Jews in a single day. All of these men, Loftus reports, lived out their latter days as American citizens. THE BELARUS SECRET reveals how, as recently as 1978, government departments were lying to Congress about the incrimination files, how intelligence agencies refused to share vital information about emigrant Nazis; how the FBA recruited Nazis to spy on the CIA. Loftus also warns that similar smuggling networks exist today which permit war criminals from all over the world to find sanctuary in America.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

196 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

It is possible that John Loftus may know more intelligence secrets than anyone alive. As a Justice Department prosecutor, Loftus once held some of the highest security clearances in the world, with special access to NATO Cosmic, CIA codeword, and Top Secret Nuclear files. As a private attorney, he works without charge to help hundreds of intelligence agents obtain lawful permission to declassify and publish the hidden secrets of our times. He is the author of four history books, three of which have been made into films, two were international best sellers, and one was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2002, the SHOWTIME channel will begin filming “SECRET WARS,” the pilot of a television series based on Loftus’ life story, starring Jon Voight and Aidan Quinn.

As a young U.S. Army officer, John Loftus helped train Israelis on a covert operation that turned the tide of battle in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. During the Carter and Reagan Administrations, he investigated CIA cases and Nazi War Criminals for the Attorney General of the United States. In 1982, his “60 Minutes” expose of Nazis on the US government payroll won the Emmy Award for outstanding investigative journalism.

Born in Boston, Loftus now lives in St. Petersburg where he volunteers as the first Irish Catholic President of the Florida Holocaust Museum, the fifth largest in the world. Their goal is to end racism in our children’s lifetime. After recovering from colon cancer, he is now completing his fifth book, a look at the Middle East through the life of Jonathan Pollard. Before his illness, he had been rated among the funniest and most inspiring speakers on the international and college lecture circuits. Now he’s back with a totally different lecture that could not be more timely.

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Reviews

[Lazygorillas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again a book that will make you think twice about how our government operates. One part of our government was trying to prevent Nazi collaborators from reaching our shores while another branch of our government was actively recruiting them and giving them visas. A fascinating account of how Nazi collaborators from Belarus ended up not only living in the US but becoming American citizens as well.

[Harry Moncelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book for anyone who wishes to dig deeper into the ways in which the various agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, USSR, worked at cross purposes in the attempt to locate former Nazi's, and Nazi colaborators after World War II.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book after the whole Yaroslav Hunka debacle in Canadian Parliament. I'd known about Canada's (and the US's) dark history with Ukrainian Nazis from Tottle's comprehensive Fraud, Famine and Fascism, which referenced this book, but I wanted to approach it from a different source. Loftus, as a Justice Department prosecutor, had access to an entire episode of history that various government agencies have spent decades trying to obfuscate and erase. This book is an illuminating look at some of the awful things the US government did in the name of anticommunism, with a focus on Belarus, though Ukraine and other Baltic states make an appearance and share a similar history.

[Ryan Nary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covers a lot of ground in 161 pages (not counting notes and index) but Loftus has this weird hesitancy about laying blame on the CIA, even though the Agency paid the salaries of OPC employees and OPC was officially merged into the Directorate of Plans in 1952

[Wuzhou Xiong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative read, if not dry at some points. The human capacity for evil is insane. This is why learning history doesn't always prevent it because there are demons among us who will commit heinous acts and protect other demons.

[Brian]

My uncle's name is John Loftus, so I gots to read this!