Graham Blewitt Erin O’Brien, an educator at the Sydney Jewish Museum and a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, has written the following review of the book, which appears in “Musings” – Sydney Jewish Museum Journal Vol. 4, No. 1. The article: For the past thirty years, Australian efforts to prosecute Nazi war criminals in Adelaide have … Read more
Historian Ruth Balint has written a positive review of ‘Nazis in Australia’ which has been published in the Australian magazine, ‘Inside Story’. Here is a link to the article: https://insidestory.org.au/australias-nazi-hunters/ The review contains one slight error. It describes me as “… the Australian Federal Police’s Graham Blewitt…” I was never a member of the AFP. … Read more
On 4 July 2025 I participated in an interview with Alexandra Jones from SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) Australia. The occasion was to mark the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Following the interview Alexandra has written an article for SBS News about my work investigating and prosecuting war crimes. The article can be found using … Read more
The following material does not appear in my book Nazis in Australia. The material was edited from the chapters written by Bob Reid and me. It relates to the Special Investigations Unit’s (SIU) first investigative mission into Ukraine in December 1989 to interview witnesses regarding allegations that there were Nazi war criminals living in Australia, … Read more
The material contained in this blog does not appear in my newly published book – Nazis in Australia – The Special Investigations Unit. 1987-1994. John has contributed a chapter for the book. This blog highlights John’s impressive contribution to the work of the SIU and later to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. … Read more
Professor Ludmila Stern is an interpreting scholar at the School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Sydney. She had been an interpreter/translator with the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and has contributed a chapter for the book Nazis in Australia – The Special Investigations Unit – 1987-1994. The contents in this blog do not appear in the … Read more
Richard Letchford, who we all lovingly referred to as ‘Dick’ had prepared a chapter for the book ‘Nazis in Australia’, however, it did not survive the editing process. What follows is the main thrust of his contribution. Dick Letchford was a former Detective Inspector in the New South Wales Police and retired after 38 years … Read more
Bob Gray was one of the first investigators to join the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). He has contributed a chapter for the book Nazis in Australia – The Special Investigations Unit – 1987-1994. The contents in this blog do not appear in the book. In many ways this blog is Bob’s tribute to the SIU’s … Read more
Apart from this opening paragraph, the material contained in this blog does not appear in my newly published book – Nazis in Australia – The Special Investigations Unit. 1987-1994. Bill has contributed a chapter for the book in which he states: “Before joining the SIU, I worked predominantly in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of … Read more
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) 1987-1994 It is with much pleasure that I can announce that my second book – Nazis in Australia – has been published. The book traces the history of Australia’s attempts in the mid 1980s and early 1990s to bring Nazi collaborators, who migrated to this country following World War II, … Read more