During the war, radios were banned from keeping hope alive among Germans; the state-sponsored radios spread lies about the false victory the German soldiers were gaining on the battlefield. However, when the Sixteen-year-old Helmuth Hübener eavesdropped on his brother listening to the
While the persecution of Nazi war criminals has gone on, this list includes a list of Nazi most wanted war criminals. Some of them have never been convicted and have avoided prosecution for their roles in war crime atrocities and the Holocaust.