Hitler Adolf - Grey wolf: the escape of Adolf Hitler: the case presented

FRONTISPIECE: Hitler on the terrace of his holiday retreat, the Berghof, at Obersalzberg in Bavaria, undated.

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Dunstan, Simon.
Grey wolf : the escape of Adolf Hitler / Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9781402781391 (alk. paper) ISBN 9781402789335 (ebook)
1. Hitler, Adolf, 18891945Death and burial. 2. Hitler, Adolf, 18891945Exile. 3. Heads of stateGermanyBiography. I. Williams, Gerrard. II. Title.
DD247.H5D76 2011
943.086092dc22
2011014763

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P UBLISHER S N OTE

When we were first presented with the idea for Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler, our initial reaction was to dismiss it as just another conspiracy theory. Everyone knows that Hitler and Eva Braun took their lives in the bunker to escape the humiliation and certain execution that awaited them. However, we agreed to give it serious consideration due to the stellar reputations of the authors, Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams. We were also encouraged by the recent independent discovery that the remains recovered at the bunker were not those of Hitler or Eva Braun. Upon reading the proposal and challenging the authors over a period of several months, we were convinced that they had raised serious questions that called the conventional wisdom into question, and we therefore decided to publish the book.

The authors have spent the last five years researching this subjecttraveling the globe, interviewing eyewitnesses, unearthing documents, and piecing together a mountain of evidence that has convinced them of a fact almost too horrible to contemplate: that Adolf Hitler escaped punishment and lived out his life in relative tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962.

This prospect is so despicable that we contemplated not publishing the book out of concern for those who would be offended by the mere prospect of Hitlers escape, whether or not they found the argument credible. However, after much consideration, and a lengthy editorial process during which the authors were challenged to support their facts, we believe it is possible they may have uncovered the truth behind one of the greatest deceptions in history.

This book raises many intriguing questions, but it does not conclusively settle the issue. Perhaps this is a mystery that will never be solved, as with so many other moments in time. Or perhaps, once this issue is in the public arena, other facts will come to light that will bring us closer to a definitive answer. The authors wrote this book in a search for the truth, and they may have found it. Inevitably, you, the reader, will be the ultimate judge.

This listing of significant characters who appear in this book omits unnecessary explanations of major historical figures such as Adolf Hitler, Martin Bormann, Hermann Gring, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Winston Churchill. Its main purpose is to help readers keep track of less familiar personalities who recur in these pages. Capitalized names within entries refer to individuals who appear elsewhere in the dramatis personae.

G ERMAN AND A USTRIAN

A BS , H ERMANN J OSEF: Chairman of the board of Deutsche Bank AG. (195767). Member of the board of directors (193845).

A LVENSLEBEN , G EN . L UDOLF VON: SS and police general, and wanted war criminal, later governor of Nazi settlement at Inalco, Ro Negro province, Argentina.

A RENSTORFF , G ERDA VON: Colleague of D IETRICH N IEBUHR at German embassy in Buenos Aires (193844), who recruited E VA D UART as an agent.

B ARSCH , 1 ST L T . F RANZ: Commander of submarine U-1235.

B AUMBACH , L T . C OL . W ERNER: Luftwaffe (air force) officer commanding special-duties wing Kampfgeschwader 200, who supervised flight of Hitlers party from Travemnde, Germany, to Reus, Spain, on April 29, 1945.

B AUMGART , C APT . P ETER E RICH: South African-born Luftwaffe and SS officer, who flew Hitlers party from Berlin to Tnder, Denmark, on April 28, 1945.

B ETHE , H EINRICH: German sailor from warship Admiral Graf Spee, who became Hitlers last servant.

B RAUN , W ERNHER VON: Technical director of V-2 ballistic missile program; employed in America after the war.

C ANARIS , A DM . W ILHELM: Head of Abwehr military intelligence organization.

D OERGE , H EINRICH: Reichsbank official seconded to Argentina as aide to L UDWIG F REUDE , and financial adviser to Argentine government.

F AUPEL , G EN . W ILHELM VON: Former military adviser to Argentine Army, and, in 1930s40s, intelligence chief for Spain and South America as head of Ibero-American Institute.

F EGELEIN , G EN . H ERMANN: Heinrich Himmlers SS adjutant to Hitlers headquarters, who became Hitlers brother-in-law and a confidant of Martin Bormann.

F LICK , F RIEDRICH: Steel industry magnate and supporter of Nazi Party, a director of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (United Steelworks) (193345).

H OHENLOHE -L ANGENBURG , P RINCE M AXIMILIAN E GON ZU: German aristocrat and intermediary between Heinrich Himmler and A LLEN D ULLES .

H UDAL , B ISHOP A LOIS: Martin Bormanns main pro-Nazi contact in the Vatican, who helped organize escape of many war criminals to South America.

H UMMEL , L T . C OL . H ANS H ELMUT VON: SS adjutant to Martin Bormann, and Bormanns intermediary to A LLEN D ULLES .

H TTL , M AJ . W ILHELM: SS officer, intermediary between SS G EN . KALTENBRUNNER and A LLEN D ULLES .

K ALTENBRUNNER , G EN . E RNST: SS and police general commanding Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), coordinating police, Gestapo (Secret Police), and SS intelligence and counterintelligence branch (SD).

K AY , C APT . W ALTER: Former first officer of warship Admiral Graf Spee, later energetic in Nazi intelligence activities in Argentina and Uruguay.

K OEHN , W ILLI: Head of Latin America desk in German Foreign Office based in Madrid, and active intelligence agent.

L ANTSCHNER , C OL . F RIEDRICH: SS officer, later owner of construction business at San Carlos de Bariloche, Ro Negro province, Argentina.

L EHMANN , O TTO ( POSSIBLE PSEUDONYM ): Medical officer at Nazi settlement at Inalco, Argentina, and later Hitlers personal physician at his La Clara retreat.

M EYNEN , O TTO: Senior intelligence agent at German embassy in Buenos Aires (193944), replacing D IETRICH N IEBUHR .