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In the town of Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wright, a Nazi was hiding in plain sight

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the complex story of Reinhold Kulle, a former Nazi SS guard who lived undetected in an American suburb, and the community's subsequent struggle with his past. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityHolocaustEducationImmigrationHolocaust StudiesOak ParkReinhold KulleNazi SsMichael Soffer

Places mentioned

Oak Park, Illinois, United States
"Neither could Soffer, who attended and then returned to teach at Oak Park River Forest High School, in the very same classrooms Kulle once cleaned and later oversaw."
River Forest, Illinois, United States
"Neither could Soffer, who attended and then returned to teach at Oak Park River Forest High School, in the very same classrooms Kulle once cleaned and later oversaw."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"This is the story of a respected, beloved janitor who proved his mettle and was promoted to the role of chief custodian at a top public high school in the Chicago suburbs."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"These graffiti and Airdrop incidents came in the weeks after the Tree of Life attack in Pittsburgh."
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
"After graduating from Brandeis in 2007, he returned as an educator and stayed for nearly two decades before taking a job at Lake Forest High School this fall."
New York City, New York, United States
"Stav Ziv is a journalist based in New York City whose work has also appeared in Dance Magazine, The Atlantic, and Newsday."
Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Reinhold Kulle in his SS uniform, at Ellwangen, 1942 and The Office of Special Investigations request for Kulles files."

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