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A Nazi spy in the Cook Islands?

Saturday 1 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend

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A Nazi spy in the Cook Islands?
The mysterious Friedrich Walther Bergmann.

With Hitler having just seized power in Germany, and tensions rising across Europe, Mangaia residents were understandably suspicious of the sandy-haired, Luger-carrying Nazi sympathiser who turned up on their island.

With Hitler having just seized power in Germany, and tensions rising across Europe, Mangaia residents were understandably suspicious of the sandy-haired, Luger-carrying Nazi sympathiser who turned up on their island.


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