The CIA, after two years of pressure from Congress, hasfinally agreed to disclose classified records about itsrelationship with Nazi war criminals. The CIA doesacknowledge working with the Nazi S.S. These records maycontain revelations about the actions of Nazis who wereallowed to escape trial by coming to America. “OperationPaperclip,” which took place in Whitley Strieber’s hometownof San Antonio, Texas, was one of these incidents. As achild, he remembers he and his sister being used in mindcontrol experiments by these people. These experiments tookplace at a nearby Air Force base. Douglas Jehl writes in theFebruary 7 New York Times that “hundreds of thousands” ofpages will be released.
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Musicians of all kinds are being asked to play at festivals that turn out to be Neo-Nazi gatherings. Peter Haworth and his Celtic band were getting ready to play at “Euro-Fest 2003” when he noticed something wrong. He says, “You should have seen what they were selling there! They had Mein Kampf and little baby blankets in blue and white with little swastikas all over them. It was horrible.”

Mark Potok reports in the Southern Poverty Law Center that many innocent musicians are being seduced into playing at Nazifests. At the “Euro-Fest,” women in Bavarian outfits sold copies of “ABC: Aryan Beginnings for Children,” and “Talk Back,” a White Student Alliance publication. Photos were on sale of beautiful blonde girls giving the Nazi salute.
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On July 17, we wrote a story about a ghostly message in a bottle that parents received from their long dead son. Now a bottle with a message from a refugee fleeing the Nazis during World War II has been found on a Swedish beach.

The note is dated 1943, written in English, and asks if the war is over yet. It’s signed by a woman called Maja Westerman who fled from Nazi-occupied Estonia to a Swedish island 92 miles from where the bottle was found.

The bottle was found by Swiss tourist Thorsten Schwarz, who wants to trace Westerman to find out if she’s still alive. The note reads: “Dear friend, we live on an island. We came here a year ago…the lighthouse keeper’s family is very kind…is the war finished…we wait for peace and friendship.”
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