Cashing Out Audiobook Libro.fm

When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art gems and gold in tow certain neutral countries were all too willing to assist them

By the end of January 1945 it was clear to Germany that the war was lost The Third Reich was in freefall and its leaders apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker sought to abscond before they were besieged But they wanted to take their wealth with them

Their escape routes were diverse Sweden and Switzerland boasted proximity banking and industrial closeness while Spain and Portugal offeredan inviting Atlantic coastline and shipping routes to South America And in various ways each of these socalled neutral nations welcomed the Nazi escapees along with the clandestine wealth they carried

Cashing Out tells the riveting history of the race to intercept the stolen assets before they disappeared and before the will to punish Germany was replaced by the political considerations of the fastapproaching Cold WarBestselling author Neill Lochery here brilliantly recounts the flight of the Nazilooted richesthe last great escape of World War IIand the Allied quest for justice