François Genoud
Swiss Nazi collaborator (1915 – 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA escape network and supporter of Middle Eastern militant groups during the post-World War II 20th century.
François Genoud | |
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Born | (1915-10-26)26 October 1915 |
Died | 30 May 1996(1996-05-30) (aged 80) |
Cause of death | Suicide by poison |
Political party | National Front |
Movement | Nazism, Anti-Colonialism |
In 1992, Genoud told a London newspaper "My views have not changed since I was a young man. Hitler was a great leader, and if he had won the war, the world would be a better place today."[1]
His friends included terrorist Carlos the Jackal, one-time Gestapo agent and Interpol head Paul Dickopf, SS general Karl Wolff, Nazi Economy Minister Hjalmar Schacht, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini and Palestinian terrorist Wadie Haddad.[2]