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  • A bit of both. The (western) Allies started denazification. Then the allies and Germans who got into power (including Nazis) became less and less strict as they realized they needed some of them to build up structures of society, especially with the cold war beginning. And of course Nizis protecting Nazis.

    The allies even gave some groups of Nazis weapons to prepare for a guerilla war in case Stalin invaded West Germany (see Gladio and other stay behind groups).

    This was so commonly known that there is a word created for this specific meaning: A Nazi or collaborator basically getting pardoned or even getting the authorities formally void their offenses/atrocities: Persilschein. The word refers to a popular brand of laundry detergent, similar to the phrase"whitewashing".