Shocking revelations: How former Nazi officers helped Israel in its early days – Did West Germany help build up the nascent Jewish state’s military might? A new book sheds light on the secret ties between Jerusalem and the NATO powerhouse and reveals their impact on the pursuit of justice for Nazi war criminals | ynetnews
In early December 1956, several weeks after the conclusion of the Suez Crisis, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held a meeting in Paris.
In the adjacent room, several senior officials gathered in the office of Herbert Blankenhorn, West Germany’s permanent representative to NATO and a former member of the Nazi German Foreign Office. Among them was the newly appointed German defense minister Franz Josef Strauss, himself a former officer in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, General Hans Speidel, one of the founders of the Bundeswehr – the West German armed forces, and Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States.
In the adjacent room, several senior officials gathered in the office of Herbert Blankenhorn, West Germany’s permanent representative to NATO and a former member of the Nazi German Foreign Office. Among them was the newly appointed German defense minister Franz Josef Strauss, himself a former officer in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, General Hans Speidel, one of the founders of the Bundeswehr – the West German armed forces, and Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States.
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