The B-Gendarmerie knowingly hired Wehrmacht veterans and VdU members.
The denazification of Austria’s 537,000 registered Nazis had largely ended in 1948.
The VdU (Federation of Indepenents, Verband der Unabhängigen) was a party that represented the interests of ex-Nazis in Austria and was later renamed to FPÖ. The B-Gendarmerie was the predecessor of Austrian armed forces.
Sources
- Waltzing Into the Cold War: The Struggle for Occupied Austria, James Jay Carafano
- Wikipedia
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