EXCLUSIVE How Nazi prison camp guard hid in plain sight as a beloved Chicago janitor for THREE DECADES revealed in new book READ MORE: Secret files reveal 9,000 Nazi war criminals fled to South America By Daniel Bates For Dailymail.com Published: 20:37, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 20:43, 2 October 2024 e-mail 32 View comments A Nazi prison camp guard hid in plain sight in America for nearly three decades after winning the trust of a suburban town whose residents adored him for his ‘kind acts’. A new book reveals that Reinhold Kulle lied on his US visa application about the atrocities committed while guarding the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, where 40,000 Jews died.
He settled in Oak Park, Chicago where he became a beloved high school custodian known as an ‘exemplary’ employee who kept the building spotless. But the revelation of his Nazi past nearly 30 years later split the town with many coming to his defense and saying he was the victim of a ‘persecution’. Incredibly, they sent letters in support to the local paper saying ‘we’re all human’ and that he was a ‘doting grandfather’.
Nazi prison camp guard Reinhold Kulle hid in plain sight in America for nearly three decades, as revealed in a new book, Our Nazi by Michael Soffer. (Pictured: Kulle at Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1966, from Tabula, the school's yearbook) Pictured: A sketch of Kulle that appeared on the front cover of Trapeze, the student newspaper of Oak Park and River Forest High.
