Paul Dickopf served as an active officer in the SS during World War 2 but, despite his Nazi connections, after the war he served as the 4th president of the West German Federal Police force and was later elected president of Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation. Declassified files from the National Archives in Washington also revealed that Mr Dickopf received a number of payments from the CIA between 1965 and 1971 to monitor West German officials as Europe was grasped within the clutches of Cold War politics. He was able to successfully move on from his SS past despite his former Nazi connections being known throughout his post-war career.
However, after his death, it was revealed that Mr Dickopf had been using the Federal Police as a safe haven for former officials and continuing on Adolf Hitler's legacy.
Amazon Prime’s “Nazis in the CIA” documentary reveals how Mr Dickopf kept up appearances.
The 2017 series detailed: “The [West] German Federal Police was run for six years by Paul Dickopf.
“A top civil servant, with a seemingly clean record, he claimed he opposed the Nazis.
“In 1968 he became head of Interpol – it was his job to fight crime on an international level.
