Bobert,

Not just the Republican Party. People with past histories such as you describe made there way to lots of countries and lots of organisations.

The early space programmes of both the USA and the USSR would have been completely stuffed without them. Russia's mine and submarine programmes benefited greatly from German engineers and designers. The Russian Whisky Class submarine was basically a German Type XXI and for a long time was the mainstay of the Soviet submarine fleet. The 5th French Foreign Legion was almost made up entirely of ex-Waffen SS, in French Indo-China they gave Ho Chi Min a bloody good run for his money, damn near defeated him, until pressure from Russia and China brought public pressure to bear and caused the units disbandment.

Generally, hard working, gifted engineers, chemists, scientists, they proved themselves useful members of whatever society they became part of. They were not all fervent dyed-in-the-wool Nazi's most were forced to join the Nazi Party to continue working in order to provide for their families.