At this point in time and history, does anyone really care how those Nazis got out of Germany after the War? Aren't there more important things to consider? KLM has enough to deal with already. Leave the airline alone, for God's Sake!

John E Durbin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

If for no other reason than closure this should be investigated. Many of the true believers in National Socialism escaped justice. Most are dead, 'tis true, but the legacy of their brand of hatred lives on. Investigations such as this are neccessary if we are to keep this from ever happening again.

Jonathan, Walla Walla, U.S.A./Washington

It all happened so long ago, can't we just forget it and move on. I mean, never forget the dead, but the people we're accussing of helping these nazis are also dead, so who really cares. No one in this company KLM (which I've never heard of and I've flown to Holland a dozen times) has anything to do with all that. so.................... who cares?

aaron, pensacola, florida

History is history. The fact that events happened 60 years or more ago is no excuse to ignore them. Look at Estonia, which is still affected by the results of three occupations: 1940 by the Soviet Union, 1941 by the Nazis and 1944, by the Soviets again.

The Dutch World War Two record is a mixed bag. While heroic Dutch people hid Jews in farmhouses and joined the Resistance, others (around 22,000) joined the Waffen-SS to fight as volunteers on the Ostfront with the Germans. In 1935 (i.e. well before WWII), 7% of Dutch votes went to the Dutch Nazi party, the NSB. Jews were rounded up using Dutch police records and transported, via Westerbork transit camp, to Auschwitz. Those Jews that survived and returned were given the cold shoulder.

All that is history. We may forgive, but must never forget. If KLM smuggled Nazis, the world should know. Even now, over 60 years later.

Eric, Blaricum, Netherlands

Let sleeping dogs lie. What good is it doing to make an investigation? With what purpose? This is just another muck-raking political exercise. Spend your time investigating connections of international firms with shady links to the current Mugabi regime or some other African tin-pot dictatorship which is busy murdering people TODAY, not more than 60 years ago. We can't change the THEN but we can do something about the NOW.

Ad, Hamburg, Germany

The job of a salesman is to fill his plane with paying passengers by whatever means he can (specially of an airlilne salesman whose potentially empty seat evaporates the minute the plane takes off - been thee, done that). The allegations being thrown at such a person could not be construed to reflect on management policy of his employer. This is not history but witch-hunting for the sake of someone gaining his one minute's worth of fame

P, Lausanne, Switzerland

wow - two nazis on the passenger lists! during how many years?
crucify KLM!

mark, alicante, spain

In the chaotic post-war period during the reconstruction period, people are moving everywhere. From villages to towns and back again.

It is not possible for authorities to ask all questions and complete 100% screening of all passengers. If it was how could the 9/11 hijackers hijack those planes.

KLM might have carried then inadvertently. Your story is designed to sell newspapers. As far as I can see there is nothing in IATA regulations forbidding the transportation of "war criminals" then and now?

abraham, bandar seri begawan, brunei

Ridiculous.

When are people going to stop dredging through history to find sticks to beat people with and cause more trouble? People who weren't even born at the time!

Andrew Munn, Bangkok, Thailand