When the nearly complete list of Nazi Party memberships was turned over to the Allies (by a German anti-Nazi who had rescued it from destruction in April 1945 as American troops advanced on Munich), it became possible to verify claims about participation or non-participation in the Party.Taylor (2011), pp. 249–252. The 1.5million Germans who had joined before Hitler came to power were deemed to be hard-core Nazis.
When the nearly complete list of Nazi Party memberships was turned over to .the Allies (by a German anti-Nazi who had rescued it from destruction in April 1945 as American troops advanced on Munich), it became possible to verify claims about participation or non-participation in the Party.Taylor (2011), pp. 249–252 The 1.5million Germans who had joined before Hitler came to power were deemed to be hard-core Nazis.