Victoria, I read PREQUEL this past winter. I just reread the chapters dealing with the 1944 trial and its aftermath. I don't think that's where Ransom got his information. In Maddow's telling, O. John Rogge, the prosecutor in the case, tried to keep the issue of Nazi penetration alive by going on a speaking tour after the war ended. The Truman Justice Department pretty clearly shut it down because several current and former members of Congress were implicated in collusion with the pro-Nazi defendants in the case. Rogge was summarily (and dramatically) fired and the court's 13,000-page (!!) transcript kept classified, which means Rogge couldn't quote from it in his book -- until 1961, when indeed the country's attention had moved on to other things.
Maddow notes: "Rogge's dismissal and the dismissal of his official report were big news, and drew a lot of criticism. . . . There were also a raft of calls -- from private citizens, civic organizations, and elected officials -- demanding the release of Rogge's 396-report in full. But Truman stuck to his guns. He kept that report hidden from the American public. Worse than that: he never took the time to say *why* he had done it. He may well have had a noble motivate for this decision, but he didn't ever tell the American public what exactly that might be."
Susanna, Ransom may be referring to happenings that
are covered in Rachel Maddox "Prequel". A lot of her
info came from N. Archives,
which is a treasure trove of
info.
Assuming the box hasn't been mislabeled.
Victoria, I read PREQUEL this past winter. I just reread the chapters dealing with the 1944 trial and its aftermath. I don't think that's where Ransom got his information. In Maddow's telling, O. John Rogge, the prosecutor in the case, tried to keep the issue of Nazi penetration alive by going on a speaking tour after the war ended. The Truman Justice Department pretty clearly shut it down because several current and former members of Congress were implicated in collusion with the pro-Nazi defendants in the case. Rogge was summarily (and dramatically) fired and the court's 13,000-page (!!) transcript kept classified, which means Rogge couldn't quote from it in his book -- until 1961, when indeed the country's attention had moved on to other things.
Maddow notes: "Rogge's dismissal and the dismissal of his official report were big news, and drew a lot of criticism. . . . There were also a raft of calls -- from private citizens, civic organizations, and elected officials -- demanding the release of Rogge's 396-report in full. But Truman stuck to his guns. He kept that report hidden from the American public. Worse than that: he never took the time to say *why* he had done it. He may well have had a noble motivate for this decision, but he didn't ever tell the American public what exactly that might be."