Escape cases of war criminals like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele attracted great attention in the media as well as in historical research worldwide. But what about those fugitive Nazis after 1945 who, at first glance, had a “less important” role in the regime and perhaps acted not as war criminals but as perpetrators and sympathizers? The workshop highlighted this specific group who supported Nazi ideology and managed to flee to South America in the post-war period. In her welcome notes, the initiator of the workshop LINDA ERKER (Vienna) outlined the main points to be addressed during the following two...