I heard that after WWII, there were a lot of former NAZIs in Germany and Austria. That could just be an urban legend though. :)
That's no urban myth. It's the plain truth... and not surprising at all. Post-war Germany and Austria needed working institutions, officials, police, fire-protection, factories etc... Where did they get all those professionals? Since most of those professionals were Nazi-Party members (out of necessity) they were quickly re-installed. Excluding them would have meant the collapse of Germany and Austria. That was a real problem for the Allies back then. It's the same problem in Iraq today. The same professional clerks and officials which are needed were almost exclusively Baathists back tgen. They had to be party-members. Now many of them still are excluded... understandable from a Shia or Kurdish position, but anyway it would be better if those, who were not involved in crimes, are re-installed... Just as we did in Germany 50 years ago.