The Honor of Spies

POSTSCRIPT

In this fictional work, reference was made to the actual Nazi massacre of 335 men and boys in the Ardeatine Caves in Rome during World War II.

The story line dealt with the escape of Nazis from Allied retribution during and after the war, and several scenes were laid in San Carlos de Bariloche, which is today sometimes known as "Argentina's Vail," making reference to the wonderful skiing in Vail, Colorado.

In 1996, the SS officer second in command of the mass murders in the Ardeatine Caves, Erich Priebke--who had escaped to Argentina on a false passport and other documents provided, he said, by Vatican authorities--was put aboard a Falcon DA 90 aircraft sent by the Italian government and extradited to Italy to finally face trial.

He had lived in Bariloche for fifty years, and owned a hotel there.

Argentina's interior minister, Carlos Corach, suspended several Bariloche police officers who had embraced Priebke fondly just before he boarded the airplane.