“… a well-written book that is packed with startling information and grubby stories about the moral cost of political exigency”.
David Cesarani, New Statesman

“... Gerald Steinacher describes exactly how they managed this in "Nazis on the Run"—only the second authoritative book on the subject, after Uki Goni's "The Real Odessa" (2002).”
Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal

"This book will be the standard for generations of historians who wish to study the fate of Hitler's followers who evaded justice for decades or escaped it altogether. Recommended." 
Library Journal

“…a fine contribution to the post-history of Nazism” 
Publishers Weekly

“Nazis on the Run has been praised for its meticulous research. Historian Richard Breitman called the book 'The latest and broadest effort to dispel the fog of myths regarding the fate of Nazi war criminals after World War II. This is a work based on careful and impressively wide research; it is a reliable guide to a controversial and fascinating subject.'" 
History News Network

“…it is good to have a book as level-headed as this one, based on thorough research.”
Richard J. Evans, The Guardian

„Steinacher is an historian who understands the importance of careful study and meticulous attention to detail. His analysis of the material he worked with, from the many sources he consulted, is of the highest calibre..." 
Robert Gerwath, Irish Times

"Nazis on the Run is a valuable and informative study that successfully brings all the threads together and provides a detailed account of the results of current historiography, adding details that shed light on previously unknown aspects."
Stephan Glienke, German History

"... A recently published book by another Austrian, the brilliant young scholar Gerald Steinacher, lays out in powerful detail, how and why the Catholic church, through its personnel, financing, and aid from institutions, committees, and priests, protected Nazi war criminals." 
Kevin J. Madigan, Commentary Israel

„Steinacher uses an array of records including recently declassified US intelligence files, various official Italian and German archives, the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, Catholic Church records from the National Catholic Welfare Conference and from the Instituto Santa Maria dell’Anima (the German/Austrian Church in Rome), and a host of local records from South Tyrolean towns. The result is a fine study and a great read."
The International History Review, Norman W. Goda

"Coming now and in the next few weeks are at least two important new works of nonfiction about the Nazis besides Larson’s, from Austrian historian Gerald Steinacher and British historian Frederick Taylor." 
Washington Post, Philipp Kerr 2011

"Gerald Steinacher's 'Nazis auf der Flucht' offers a well-researched, deeply engaging, and exhaustive analysis of escape routes of high-ranking Nazis and war criminals via Italy to Argentina and other overseas destinations. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of Nazi escape routes, for it not only demystifies the Odessa myth, but also sheds light on the complicity of influential organizations such as the Catholic Curch, the International Red Cross, and the U.S. and Argentinean governments."
German Studies Review, Natalie Eppelsheimer

 „Alla fine della lettura di Nazis auf der Flucht appare chiaro che l’autore non ha tradito il suo impegno e ha firmato una delle migliori opere di storia delle migrazioni recenti.“
Studi Emigrazione/Migration Studies, Matteo Sanfilippo

 „Gerald Steinachers akkurat recherchiertes Buch besticht durch seinen Faktenreichtum und einen unprätentiösen, auch Nicht-Historiker unmittelbar fesselnden Stil. Mit 'Nazis auf der Flucht' hat der österreichische Zeitgeschichtler eine wesentliche Forschungslücke geschlossen.“
Ö1/Kontext, Günter Kaindlstorfer

 „Der Historiker Gerald Steinacher hat in seinem Buch "Nazis auf der Flucht", das spannender ist als so mancher Kriminalroman, die Netzwerke aufgezeigt, die es den NS-Schergen ermöglichten, ihren Richtern zu entkommen.“Wiener Zeitung„Steinacher hat die Zwischenstationen der Verwandlung anhand exemplarischer Personen bis zur Ausreise in Genua und der Aufnahme in Argentinien penibel recherchiet und möglichst korrekt wie belegt dargestellt. So wirkt das zwar unspäktakulärer als der Odessa Mythos, doch die Fakten sind gesichert und der Boden der Tatsachen erhellt.“
E-Journal, Franz Krahberger

„Neues bringt Steinacher durch die Zusammenführung verschiedener Quellengattungen – Memoiren, Geheimdienstpapiere und administrative Unterlagen von Hilfsorganisationen. Erstmals gesichtet hat er Bestände des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuzes (IKRK), der Päpstlichen Fluchthilfeorganisation „Pontifica Comissione Assistenza“ und ihres Geldgebers, der US-Bischofskonferenz. Aus all diesen Dokumenten entsteht so in fünf Kapiteln, unterteilt nach den einzelnen Interessengruppen, eine „Handlungskette der Flucht“ (S. 9).“
H-Soz-u-Kult, Kerstin von Lingen

 "This book fills an important gap in ratline literature. (...) the book will be a necessary read for specialists."
Contemporary Austrian Studies, Michael Phayer

 "Tramite attente ricerche d'archivio, integrate da interviste, l'ha ricostruito esaustivamente le vie della fuga, le destinazioni e le reti di complici dei carnefici nazionalsocialisti dopo il 1945. Singoli aspetti di queste storie erano già noti, soprattutto grazie agli importanti lavori di Holger Meding. Ma questo studio innovativo porta alla luce l'intera catena di attività della fuga nazista..."
Sven Reichardt, Il mestiere di storico 1-2011

 "Steinacher also provides a specifically Tyrolean angle. Tyrol here is not the wronged, divided province beloved by western alpinists of the time or the international cause célèbre denied the right of self-determination in 1919. It is the incubator of a cohort of deeply unpleasant racial activists, some of whom became war criminals. Those who then fled through the province were often able to fall back on intact networks, whether from school or student days or the SS and Wehrmacht."
Robert Knight, Times Literary Supplement

 "Steinacher shows that no ODESSA-like organization was necessary for the Nazis to escape. All they had to do was follow the well-trodden, clearly marked path that lead away from justice in Europe and into safety abroad. That's more disturbing than ODESSA."
Marshall Poe, University of Iowa

 "Der Historiker Gerald Steinacher hat in seinem Buch ‚Nazis auf der Flucht‘, das spannender ist als so mancher Kriminalroman, die Netzwerke aufgezeigt, die es den NS-Schergen ermöglichten, ihren Richtern zu entkommen.“ Wiener Zeitung "Eine penible Dokumentation der Flucht von Kriegsverbrechern.“
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stephanie Risse

 "Rund 500 höhere NS-Funktionäre und 50 Massenmörder wählten Argentinien als Reiseziel. Steinacher zeichnet in seinem spannenden Buch nicht nur deren Fluchtwege nach. Er demonstriert auch, wie verblüffend einfach in den Nachkriegswirren die Reinwaschung von Kriegsverbrechern funktionierte." 
Der Standard, Gerhard Mumelter

 "Transnational in der Perspektive, vorbildlich aus den Quellen gearbeitet. Eine wichtige, ja wegweisende Studie."
Christof Mauch, University of Munich

 "Gerald Steinacher beschreibt sehr anschaulich unter Zerstörung verschwörungstheoretischer Legenden nach der Art der Akte Odessa, die Flucht, die Fluchtwege, die Flüchtlinge und die Fluchthelfer."
Wolfgang Benz, Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, University of Berlin

 „El primer afirmativo viene de Gerald Steinacher, un austríaco vecino del Sudtirol, esa zona del norte de Italia que resultó tan hospitalaria a nazis en fuga en 1945-50. Investigando mi libro, descubrí en los archivos de la Cruz Roja en Ginebra que criminales como Eichmann y Josef Mengele recibieron documentos reales, pero con datos falsos, de la comunidad sudtirolesa de Termeno en 1948. En Italia dije una vez que sería bueno que alguien fuera a los archivos de Termeno a echar una ojeada. Steinacher levantó el guante, produciendo un excelente libro "Nazis auf der Flucht" que relata con lujo de detalle la complicidad de los sudtiroleses en la huída. (En Termeno, Steinacher descubrió que las cajas del año 1948 habían "desparecido")."El caso Eichmann sigue sin resolverse, lo cual parece contradictorio visto la atención mundial que ha recibido," dice Steinacher. "En especial nos faltan detalles de su estadía en Argentina y cómo fue en realidad el operativo de secuestro de la MOSSAD." Pero Steinacher sigue obsesionado con la complicidad italiana. ‘Italia actuó’ como un ‘Reichsautobahn’ (autopista del Reich) y el Sudtirol fue un verdadero agujero negro por el que se escabulleron los nazis con la complicidad de los germanos étnicos de la zona.”
Uki Goni, Clarín

“All in all, Steinacher’s fine book provides much insight and the possibility to draw comparisons with related developments in the Middle East and elsewhere. For instance, there are many parallels and common characteristics between the functioning of Al-Qa’ida and of the networks of Alte Kameraden. Steinacher clarifies how the southern escape route worked, including the role of its unrepentant operators. Nazis on the Run is an outstanding academic contribution.”
Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Jewish Political Studies Review 

„… hervorragend…“
Martin Moll, Historische Zeitschrift