“Hunters,” the new Amazon Prime series about vigilante Nazi hunters in the 1970s, is an example of historical fiction: meaning it’s not a true story, but it uses real historical events as a backdrop.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the series, "Operation Paperclip" is frequently mentioned, alluding to a secret government program to recruit Nazi scientists.

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Operation Paperclip saw around 1,600 Nazi scientists recruited by U.S. intelligence to aid American innovation. As a result, none were ever held accountable for their crimes. Untold is a free ...