Urban Legends
Prior to the 1980s, there was debate over the circumstances of Globocnik's survival - some had speculated that his death in either early May or June 1945 at the hands of either partisans or a Jewish revenge squad.
A false version of Globocnik's fate has circulated indicating that he was turned over to U.S. intelligence by the British. This is based on an "official US document signed by US CIC S/A Operations Officer Andrew L. Venters, dated 27 October 1948, more than three years AFTER his supposed death". However this document was exposed as a forgery in the 1980s by the investigative writer and historian, Gitta Sereny; she gives all details in a long article in the Observer newspaper ("Spin Time For Hitler", London, April 21, 1996).
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