Un pacte avec le diable: Quand la France recrutait des scientifiques nazis | 
So, I knew some nazi scientists had been recruited by the US at the end of the war but I had no idea there were so many of them. People pointing a finger at Argentina - or Arab countries - should think again. The USSR, the UK and France did it too. So much thieving & backstabbing between allied countries! This book is mainly about those who moved to France: 1000? 6000? plus families. They had good reasons for moving to France:
I am reading a book about nazi scientists and engineers recruited to work in Allied countries at then end of World War II or shortly after, without being tried for their crimes, or after a symbolic slap on the hand.
Pic of Wernher von Braun & his brother, happy & grinning, knowing they risked nothing, on the day they surrendered to the US army. He supervised an armament factory/lab in the Dora concentration camp where he behaved appallingly.
a good salary + possibility to go on working on their projects (whole teams, equipment, & resources were moved together)
they often already knew the factories & bosses
they were allowed to move around freely, which wasn't the case in the US/UK
France is closer to Germany than the US/UK
a generous allowance of food, wine & wood at a time of rationing
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Incidentally, this town's mayor is our new prime minister. (edited) 2mo
So, to those who don't follow French politics, Lecornu was appointed prime minister in September. It took him a full month to announce the list of appointed ministers. There was some unhappiness about some of the names, so he resigned. Then Macron asked him to try and find some common ground for a cabinet while looking for ⬇ 2mo