James Monti who Joined the Waffen-SS

The Story of American Defector Martin James Monti who Joined the Waffen-SS

“Martin James Monti (October 24, 1921 – September 11, 2000) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot who defected to National Socialist Germany in October 1944 and worked as a propagandist and writer in the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers. After the end of World War II, he was tried and sentenced for desertion; he was then pardoned but subsequently tried for treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison.”