On Part 1 of this episode, we talk about the real trial of a Nazi spy ring discovered in New York that inspired the film Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939). The Rumrich spy trial shocked Americans by proving that suspicions of a Fifth Column, sent from Germany to subvert American democracy, were not as farfetched as people had believed. 

So, were there Nazis living next door in America in the 1930s? What was Operation Sex? Why did they need extreme security when this movie came out? If you want some answers (and ramblings about spy craft), listen to this episode of the Reel Reich!

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