François Genoud was a Swiss financier of the Nazi diaspora who also supported Middle Eastern militant groups after World War II. The October 6, 2023 opening named his friends including "terrorist Carlos the Jackal." Today's opening calls the same man "militant Carlos the Jackal," and the word terror survives 3 times elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving at the opening today learns Carlos the Jackal was Genoud's friend, and not that Wikipedia's own opening once called him a terrorist rather than a militant.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA network and supporter of Middle Eastern militant groups during the post- World War II 20th century. In 1992, Genoud told a London newspaper "My views have not changed since I was a young man. Hitler was a great leader, and if he had won the war the world would be a better place today." His friends included terrorist Carlos the Jackal , one-time Gestapo agent and Interpol head Paul Dickopf , SS general Karl Wolff , Nazi Economy Minister Hjalmar Schacht , the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini and Palestinian terrorist Wadie Haddad . Dreamer of the day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
François Genoud (1915 – May 30, 1996) was a noted Swiss financier, benefactor of the Nazi diaspora and supporter of Middle Eastern militant groups.
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François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA network and supporter of Middle Eastern liberation groups during the post- World War II 20th century.He was considered the Swiss financier of the Third Reich .
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François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA network and supporter of Middle Eastern militant groups during the post- World War II 20th century. In 1992, Genoud told a London newspaper "My views have not changed since I was a young man.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Swiss Nazi collaborator (1915 – 1996) François Genoud (26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted Swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the Nazi diaspora through the ODESSA escape network and supporter of Middle Eastern militant groups during the post- World War II 20th century. In 1992, Genoud told a London newspaper "My views have not changed since I was a young man. Hitler was a great leader, and if he had won the war, the world would be a better place today." His friends included militant Carlos the Jackal , one-time Gestapo agent and Interpol head Paul Dickopf , SS general Karl Wolff , Nazi Economy Minister Hjalmar Schacht , the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini and Palestinian militant Wadie Haddad . Dreamer of the day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International .
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“terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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noted swiss financier
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noted swiss financier and a principal benefactor of the nazi diaspora through the odessa escape network and sup
Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
“terror” now appears 1× under Arab liberation, 38% of the way down the article
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