From a popular film star to one of Poland’s most infamous Nazi collaborators, Igo Sym’s story is one of fame, betrayal, and deadly consequences. He was handsome, charming, and adored by fans. But under Nazi occupation, he was working with German authorities and used his influence to aid the occupiers. The Polish resistance responded with a bold daylight assassination, ensuring his name would be remembered not for art, but for treachery.
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Soviet Nazi collaborator & prostitute...
Antonina Makarova, known as “Tonka the Machine-Gun Girl,” was a Soviet woman who collaborated with Nazi Germany, executing around 1,500 civilians, including women and children. Once a nurse, she became the Nazis’ paid executioner in the Lokot Republic. Decades later, her hidden past was uncovered...
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The Man Who Betrayed Hundreds of Anti...
March 1939. Nazi Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia and turns it into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. In exile, Czech soldiers train in Britain to fight for their homeland. Among them is Karel Čurda — brave, disciplined, and ready for sacrifice.
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Holy Collar, Dark Soul: The Traitor P...
He was a man of God — and a servant of evil.
During the German occupation of France, Catholic priest Robert Alesch preached in La Varenne–Saint-Hilaire near Paris, earning trust with his anti-Nazi sermons. But behind the pulpit, he secretly worked for the German Abwehr, infiltrating Resistance ne...
