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Preface: "A Nazi worked here?" -- "Murderers among us" -- Reinhold -- Up the chimney -- Visa #6037 -- Chicago -- Mrs. Ryan -- A real gentleman -- Holtzman -- Standing guard -- The Office of Special Investigations -- "I lied' -- "But I killed nobody" -- Trial prep -- In the matter of Reinhold Kulle -- Bearing witness -- "I am angry" -- A decision not yet reached -- Friends of Reinhold -- The defense -- A no-win situation -- A terminal leave of absence -- A hollow victory -- "Reinhold, we'll never forget you" -- Deportation -- Epilogue: Inside the janitor's closet

"After World War II, a surprising number of Nazis made their way to the United States, where they sought to slip into obscurity. Many did not succeed. In 1982, the government sought to deport Reinhold Kulle, a custodian at a high school in Chicago's most ostentatiously liberal suburb, for having been a concentration-camp guard. Some teachers, parents, and community residents lined up to support the man they knew; others squared off against the man he had been. Michael Soffer, who has long taught history at that high school, here explores the community tensions, the moral challenges, and the question of why a substantial number of onetime Nazis settled in greater Chicago in the first place"--