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to rescue Nazis from prosecution in Europe. Given wide powers within the immigration service in
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Lagrou died from cancer in
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1167:Krunoslav Draganović
705:Hermine Braunsteiner
246:. Soon after he was
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248:condemned to death
189:Lagrou, along with
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75:Reinaldo van Groede
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1059:list of scientists
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967:Tscherim Soobzokov
319:David Littlejohn,
173:'s rise to power.
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821:Ante Pavelić
811:Anton Geiser
780:Franz Stangl
755:Walter Rauff
725:Aribert Heim
700:Klaus Barbie
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131:collaborator
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56:1 April 1969
45:Blankenberge
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1219:1969 deaths
1214:1904 births
1097:Alois Hudal
930:Karl Linnas
909:Carl Værnet
862:René Lagrou
852:Pierre Daye
831:Dinko Šakić
826:Ivo Rojnica
720:Hans Eisele
593:Pierre Daye
568:José Streel
558:René Lagrou
259:extradition
250:in absentia
244:Pierre Daye
123:René Lagrou
25:René Lagrou
1208:Categories
987:Assistance
533:Jean Denis
289:References
271:Juan Perón
169:following
37:1904-04-15
975:(Finnish)
904:Søren Kam
871:Ukrainian
676:Fugitives
624:Dietsland
473:Verdinaso
334:Mikhman,
263:Argentina
212:Waffen SS
64:Barcelona
1186:See also
1001:Ratlines
918:Estonian
794:Croatian
503:(DeVlag)
401:, p. 175
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353:Uki Goñi
338:, p. 172
267:ratlines
88:Employer
1125:Hunters
939:Latvian
845:Belgian
602:Related
449:to 1945
445:Belgium
439:Fascism
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255:Antwerp
214:on the
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155:Antwerp
127:Belgian
66:, Spain
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368:Goñi,
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220:Allies
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