However, from what I’ve read, the Irish government did what it could legally to help the British. 0 Comments Add a Comment. Skorzeny made his name by raiding an Italian castle where Mussolini was held captive. He believes between 100 and 200 people with Nazi connections passed through Ireland during the Cold War. Why did the Republic of Ireland help Nazi Germany in WW2? Folens always denied any involvement in torture or inhumane treatment. The IRA and certain Irish fascist groups supported Germany, while certain pro-British groups supported war in favor of the United Kingdom, but the government and overwhelming majority of Irish supported strict neutrality. Spellbound. He was provided with immigration papers under a false name before arriving in Ireland, where he posed as a history professor before moving to the United States. Receive all latest updates and answers right into your inbox. Damit Verizon Media und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten können, wählen Sie bitte 'Ich stimme zu.' It has been a repressed theme in Irish history," added Prof Bew, who also deals with the subject in his book The Oxford History of Ireland, which is to be published later this year. Ireland was strictly neutral in World War II. Wir und unsere Partner nutzen Cookies und ähnliche Technik, um Daten auf Ihrem Gerät zu speichern und/oder darauf zuzugreifen, für folgende Zwecke: um personalisierte Werbung und Inhalte zu zeigen, zur Messung von Anzeigen und Inhalten, um mehr über die Zielgruppe zu erfahren sowie für die Entwicklung von Produkten. Decades later he was extradited to Yugoslavia and was sentenced to death for opening concentration camps and being involved in the genocide of up to one million innocent people. Für nähere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklärung und Cookie-Richtlinie. A lot of Irish people wanted Germany to win the war - they were dead up against the British." "It is very interesting that there is now much more willingness to raise these issues about those sections of the Irish population, who were sympathetic to the Nazi cause," said Paul Bew, Professor of Irish Politics at Queen's University, Belfast. Favourite answer. Ireland did not help the nazis in ww2, all of the reasons stated in the previous answers are all very true, maybe you think otherwise because Churchill tried to get Ireland to come into the war on Britain’s side but De Valera refused, it is true aswell that Winston Church personally telephoned De Valera to gloat when he received word from Washington that the U.S was entering the war. He escaped from prison, fleeing to Spain before buying a farm Martinstown House, near the Curragh, where he lived for a decade. The Irish goverment helped them to there capacity you need a history lesson as not one Nazi was in Ireland at the time . How much power did Adolf Hitler really even have over descisions made, etc in Nazi Germany. No it did'nt Ireland was neutral and when Belfast was bombed '' the benifits of being in the UK '' lol . In the past, there has been a tendency to overlook stories of Hitler's henchmen being protected while they made their homes in Ireland or using it as a staging post to escape to America. Albert Folens, who died in 2003 at 86 after founding Ireland's leading academic text-book publisher, was involved in the Gestapo and Waffen SS. "I am glad people are focusing on this now. A lot of Irish people wanted Germany … "They didn't understand why we did what we did. He was acquitted of war crimes by a US court, but remained a prisoner because other countries wanted to prosecute him. A rogues' gallery that included fascists, Nazi collaborators and war criminals came to Ireland, including some who flourished and became respected members of the community. 2 Answers Active; Voted; Newest; Oldest; 0. Ireland’s official position was neutral.