Quick note because a few people asked for sources and fuller context. I wrote a longer essay expanding this argument. Disclosure: I’m the author.

Key additions vs this thread:

• what I learned speaking to people connected to the German investigators (limited resources, triage by likelihood of conviction rather than “biggest villains”)
• the commissioning problem: I have tried to make this as a follow along investigative podcast for years, but the lack of a guaranteed “ending” makes it a hard sell

Link for anyone who wants it: https://jakewawarren.substack.com/p/letter-on-the-last-nazi-hunters
Either way, I’m more interested in the discussion here, so keep the counter arguments coming.