Nazis in Australia, 9781760645588
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Hunting Nazis Down Under: Australia’s secret war crimes investigation unit.

Nazis in Australia

The Special Investigations Unit, 1987-1994

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    10 August 2025

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Summary

The incredible story of the special investigations unit that tracked down the Nazis who called Australia home after World War II.

In 1986 journalist Mark Aarons presented a Radio National series, which established that a significant number of Nazi collaborators and war criminals - particularly from Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Yugoslavia - had settled in Australia after World War II.

Aarons’ explosive reporting led to the formation in 1987 of the Special Investigations Unit,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760645588
ISBN-10:1760645583
Author:Graham Blewitt
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Schwartz Publishing Pty Limited
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:10 August 2025
Weight:412g
Dimensions:232mm x 154mm x 22mm
About The Author

Graham Blewitt

Mark Aarons is a former ABC investigative reporter whose 1986 Radio National series Nazis in Australia led to the creation of the SIU. He is also the author of War Criminals Welcome- Australia, a Sanctuary for War Criminals Since 1945 (2001).

Graham Blewitt AM was a public prosecutor and National Crime Authority officer, the Special Investigations Unit’s deputy director (1988-1991) and director (April 1991-June 1992), and the head of the War Crimes Prosecution Support Unit (1992-1994). He was later the deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

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