>>> Like many federal agencies, the FBI has a section of its Website containing documents frequently requested under the Freedom of Information Act. But some of those files have disappeared. At one point, you could download declassified documents on Adolph Hitler, Klaus Barbie, and members of the Basque government who reported on political conditions in South America during and after WWII. Those files are now gone.

It seems likely that this disappearance has to do with the fact that the FBI has recently turned over all its files relating to Nazi war crimes to the National Archives, which will review them for possible release. [Read more.] But as pointed out, some of these files have already been released. Since we find it hard to imagine how national security could be jeopardized by WWII-era information about Hitler and the Nazis, we're reposting the files the FBI withdrew from public circulation. (The descriptions of the material used below are were from the FBI's site.)

KLAUS BARBIE

76 pages

The FBI records regarding Klaus Barbie indicate that in 1983 he was expelled from Bolivia to France where he was under indictment for crimes allegedly committed during World War II while he was chief of the Gestapo in Lyon, France. The Criminal Division of the Department of Justice conducted an investigation into the relationship between Barbie and the U.S. Government following the end of World War II. The report concluded that the United States Government had no relationship of any kind with Mr. Barbie since he departed from Europe in 1951.

FBI DOCUMENTS REGARDING KLAUS BARBIE
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Part 1 (3302 kb)

ADOLPH HITLER

734 pages

Reports were received in 1933 that persons in New York City were involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Hitler. Following World War II, unconfirmed information was received for years from various sources about the possible whereabouts of Hitler.

FBI DOCUMENTS REGARDING ADOLPH HITLER
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Part 1 (4406 kb)
Part 2 (4245 kb)
Part 3 (4952 kb)
Part 4 (4534 kb)
Part 5 (3664 kb)
Part 6 (6540 kb)
Part 7 (6350 kb)

814 pages

SIS/Basque Intelligence Service - 727 pages
Antonio de Irala - 46 pages
Jose Marie de Lasarte - 11 pages
Jose Antonio de Aguirre Lecube - 30 pages

Members of the Basque Government who resided in South America provided information to the FBI during World War II and shortly thereafter concerning intelligence activities and political conditions in several South American countries.

FBI DOCUMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
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Part 1 (4994 kb)
Part 1a (5340 kb)
Part 2 (7638 kb)
Part 3 (4341 kb)
Part 4 (3456 kb)
Part 5 (2901 kb)
Part 6 (4911 kb)
Part 7 (5096 kb)
Part 8 (2682 kb)
Part 9 (7255 kb)

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