They called it ASHCAN, a sardonic acronym for Allied Supreme Headquarters Centre for Axis Nationals. Into it. in May 1945. the American and British victors of the Second World War dumped what remained of the leadership of Hitler's Third Reich; fifty-two assorted politicians, military commanders and high officials to be interrogated, investigated, and prepared for trial at Nuremberg as war criminals.
- From The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read
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