Grace Wheeler’s Reviews > The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police > Status Update

“the establishment of the West German Federal Republic in 1949 led to a number of important changes in the treatment of former Nazi perpetrators. The desire of the Western Allies to rehabilitate West Germany as a bulwark against Soviet communism, led to a noticeable softening of attitudes towards the treatment of Nazi war criminals.” Page 242. The last chapter especially was really eye opening.