Citizen 865 : The Hunt for Hitler´s Hidden Soldiers in America

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In 1990, two American historians uncovered a Nazi roster from 1945 in a Prague basement, revealing over 700 names linked to the most lethal killing operation of World War Two. This document shed light on the SS's establishment of a mass murder school in Trawniki, Poland, where they recruited 5,000 men to annihilate the Jewish population. After the war, many of these individuals disappeared, assimilating into American communities while concealing their involvement in horrific Holocaust crimes. Spanning seven decades, this narrative follows the wartime journeys of two Jewish orphans from occupied Poland who evaded the Trawniki Men and later discovered that some of their former captors had also settled in the U.S. A dedicated team of prosecutors and historians pursued these individuals, facing the challenges of time and political resistance in their quest for justice. Through extensive research and insider accounts across four countries, this compelling story highlights the efforts of a small group of American Nazi hunters who sought to hold these men accountable for their actions, decades after the war's conclusion.