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Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler, The Case Presented Kindle Edition
When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead, Stalin replied bluntly, “No.” As late as 1952, Eisenhower declared: “We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler’s death.” What really happened?
Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence—some recently declassified—that Hitler actually fled Berlin and took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina. The recent discovery that the famous “Hitler’s skull” in Moscow is female, as well as newly uncovered documents, provide powerful proof for their case. Dunstan and Williams cite people, places, and dates in over 500 detailed notes that identify the plan’s escape route, vehicles, aircraft, U-boats, and hideouts. Among the details: the CIA’s possible involvement and Hitler’s life in Patagonia—including his two daughters.
“Describes a ghastly pantomime played out in the names of the Fuhrer and the woman who had been his mistress.” —The Sun
“Grey Wolf is more than a conspiracy yarn . . . Its authors show Hitler’s escape was possible . . . a gripping read.” —South China Morning Post
“Remarkable detail.” —Sir David Frost, Frost Over the World
“Stunning saga of intrigue.” —Pravda
“Stunning account of the last days of the Reich.” —Parapolitical.com
“I thought the book was hugely thought-provoking and explores some of the untold, murky loose ends of World War Two.” —Dan Snow, broadcaster and historian, The One Show BBC 1
“Laid out in lavish detail.” —Daily Mail
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUnion Square & Co.
- Publication dateOctober 4, 2011
- File size11638 KB
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"Describes a ghastly pantomime played out in the names of the Fuhrer and the woman who had been his mistress."
"Remarkable detail."
"Stunning saga of intrigue."
"Laid out in lavish detail."
"Stunning Account of the Last Days of the Reich."
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- ASIN : B0751J1JL6
- Publisher : Union Square & Co. (October 4, 2011)
- Publication date : October 4, 2011
- Language : English
- File size : 11638 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 488 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #207,910 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #94 in Media Studies (Kindle Store)
- #112 in History of Germany
- #403 in WWII Biographies
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About the authors
Gerrard Williams has been an International Television Journalist and film-maker for over 30 years.
After graduating from Journalism College he was hired by Visnews, the international TV News Agency, where he spent two years before moving to Australia, working for ABC and Australian Associated Press as well as being Independent Radio News correspondent for two years.
On his return to the U.K. he rejoined Visnews and after various jobs elsewhere in TV news was eventually appointed Duty Editor at Reuters Television.
He has worked as a Foreign Duty Editor at The BBC, Sky News and APTN.
Gerrard has worked and reported in over 65 countries and has set up and managed/edited projects as diverse as Superchannel News, European Business Today for BSB/SKY, Breakfast Editor at European Business News, and Managing Editor at Africa Journal.
He directed his first documentary in 1983. He has been responsible for hundreds of live hours of broadcast television.
He has covered most of the top international news stories of the last 20 years, including the fall of the Soviet Union, the war in Yugoslavia, the Rwanda Genocide, the first Gulf War, the aftermath of the second and the US occupation of Iraq,and the 2004 Tsunami.
Gerrard returned to long-form film making after successfully running an independent news production company, News-Source U.K. that produced news, entertainment and documentary programming for Sony Entertainment Television and the breakfast program for European Business News (now CNBC Europe).
He has also produced corporate videos for various United Nations departments, Hilton Hotels, Berjaya Bay Hotels, Seychelles Airlines, Weavering Capital and has advised on the use of video inserts into many web-based products.
He has recently made documentary films in Kenya, Argentina and Albania, which have been broadcast by Al-Jazeera International, SIC in Portugal, Channel 4 News in the UK and SKY News.
He is currently post-producing a major Drama-Documentary "Grey Wolf" and is developing various feature film proposals.
Gerrard is married with two grown-up children, a Labrador called Max and an ancient cat "Suki".
A well-established author, filmmaker and photographer, Simon Dunstan has written more than 50 books on military history, particularly on World War II and Vietnam. He has also written and directed numerous military history documentaries for the History Channel.
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This is a highly engaging 'information study and document analysis' right from the first page, even though you wouldn't expect it to be. Notice I didn't call it a story. This book is as detailed as the best books on the subject out there. From Shirer's Rise and Fall, Breitman's Architect of Genocide, about that chicken farmer turned fiend, Himmler to Edsel's Monuments Men and Saving Italy. You need to read this at face value and not concern yourself about what happened to Hitler … just yet, because that's only one small detail of the information. A sliver.
Many people think it's a myth that even one member of the Nazi Party made it to South America, despite their being numerous arrests of Nazi's including Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires and Kurt Scnellenkamp in Chile. Schnellenkamp was Hitlers day-to-day bodyguard. Schnellenkamp wasn't in the bunker on April 28th, or 30th, 1945. So there's that piece of uncomfortable factoid to have to answer. This subject for many is just too much to consider as it shatters decades of what the norm and narrative has been for almost 70 years. Also consider, that over 300,000 German Citizens immigrated to Argentina and Chile after 1945 in a giant mass exodus after the war. The data higlights omething very dark, and very undeniable. You keep asking why interested parties didn't take this more seriously at the time. Some did, but most were ready to move on.
Note: If you have a hard time with what I just presented in the above paragraph, you're likely going to have a hard time with this book and not give it fair consideration. The book is written like most deep-dive investigative journalism pieces you might read in one of the major newspapers. When the authors move over to speculate any scenario, they tell you as much and then Italicise the paragraph. The is done solely for the benefit of the reader. At any time you can flip to the back of the book and read the near 100 pages of footnotes, sources or other historical pinpoints.
The bulk of the first 75 pages cover the Nazi Finances like never before, and as a whole, while the first 130 pages of the book cover the War in detail. As a reader one might worry going through it that you're about to have the entire story of the war retold from beginning to end. But you're not. If you pay attention to the way the information is unfolded, and you have even an inkling of understanding of the money, the gold and the art, this book literally kicks the chair out from under you. The scary part of it is that everything is sourced, cited and double-checked. Every time I put this book down at night I just stared at the wall in the dark having to re-catagorize everything I thought I knew about the rise of the Reich and what happened to their assets post-war. We've always been told that history is written by the winners, but the truth is that it's written by those with the most money, regardless of who wins.
One of the first real truths that are challenged in this book is 'Why' America was reluctant to enter the War to begin with. Even though the question is never asked, the answer is detailed for you to realize on your own in the first 75 pages. And I think that's the point the writer's Williams and Dunstan intend for the reader. It becomes crystal clear that before December of 1941, the US economy was benefiting throughout the 1930's from Germany's economic growth. US Banks also benefited as well and was a factor in pulling the US out of the great depression. Several German companies were investing heavily in US companies on top of that. Ford, Ford-Werke, General Motors, IG Farben, Standard Oil ... as well as Dunlap and Royal Dutch Shield (BP) ... all were heavily invested in Germany's soaring growth. Historians and economists know this, common people ... yeah, not so much.
I suspect this wasn't highlighted as clearly for the reader because I don't believe the authors were ever targeting solely American readers, and the reception it would've received highlighting that the US's real reluctance in entering WWII was that Wall Street was banking on Germany being victorious and making them an Ally. While that's really a bit shocking for some to accept, the money trail is hard to dismiss. That said, to the US Banks at the time, this was just “ticker tape” in the moment. The Almighty Dollar as the saying goes. Also no one wanted to go through another market crash.
The last hundred, or 98 pages, deal with the subject matter of “if” Hitler escaped the bunker in Berlin. The information is taken directly from worldwide Intelligence sources, now declassified as well as interviews with existing govt agencies in various countries. In 1945, the Soviets thought he escaped and then began a propaganda campaign to throw off the allies with numerous endings of Hitler's Death and then reported his whereabouts in places where he was nowhere near. There was still a massive treasure unaccounted for. In May of 1945, after the world had learned that Hitler had apparently shot himself, Eisenhower, Truman, Churchill and Stalin all firmly believed that Hitler definitely escaped and thought he would make a run for it to Berchtesgaden. The belief that Hitler escaped the bunker was the prevalent thought at the time. Those are the standing historical facts to consider as you read this.
This book picks up where conventional thought shifted around 1948, after everyone was safely home and no longer wanted to think about what had happened, and so challenging the notion that there was an ending in Berlin. The book details what the Allied Intelligence Agencies compiled for just over two decades after the war. So you can honestly take it or leave it. But if you read it, you're likely not going to be giving this book one star. Just saying.
Coming away I have some very burning questions.
1. What happened to SS Lt. Col Helmut von Hummel?
He apparently lived to be 102 and died in 2012. That's long enough to laugh at every half-truth ever laid out to the public about the war and I really don't know which is worse. He also was the one person who was aware of every single piece of art that the Nazi's laid hands on. He also knew every piece of art Hitler kept near him, whether that was in Berlin, Berchtesgaden or even in South America. While Goring had a certain fetish for art, Hummel was likely the one person with a log book. I was a little surprised that there was only a slight mention of any of this. Part of trying to track some one down also includes searching for things you know they've owned or might have in there possession. I've would've done an exhaustive search of everything the documents had on this person.
2. To note, Hitler had a collection of Arnold Bocklin paintings in his possession (and a few others like the Anton Graff portrait) which most were never recovered. If they find these paintings in Chile, Paraguay or even Argentina, you will get closer to his last known whereabouts than before. Hummel and this art just feel like a few stones that were left unturned.
3. After May of 1945 there was approximately $5 Billion in Nazi Gold and treasure. All unaccounted for. This is mentioned in several places throughout this book and many others, but it just seems like the most obvious thing would be to investigate. The money and the art and the gold is where you'll find all the answers. Accounting audits often bear out the same kind of results.
On a final note, as someone who always scans the reviews of books I read, I noticed quite a few one star reviews with very little sustenance backing their suggested claim. Having read this book carefully, I'm convinced many of the 1 star reviews are from people who actually never read the book or who were hoping for some type of murder-mystery narrative and who put the book down in the first 30 pages. It's dense, and there's no way around it. Reading this book is like reading an actual textbook and while I think some people could come away with a negative opinion, not many have elucidated even slightly 'why' and thus I find their claims of 1 star more dubious than these authors claims of Hitler's possible post-War whereabouts. This book will age better than most I suspect and I've read numerous historical books of this nature that haven't. Time out's information and even in 2018, they still have a cache of documents still not released.
About my actual copy of Grey Wolf:
Interestingly enough, my copy was heavily underlined and had copious footnotes. Names were circled and it struck me that I likely had an advance review copy or a copy someone had created a project from using their notes. On the last page there was a signature “JO” (?) and the date 11.20.11 I'm unsure what it all means, but it was interesting to see these notes from the previous reader.
Also, the book is listed online as 352 pages, which is a bit misleading as you'll finish reading at page 293. I only mention this because if you use a reader progress tracker as you read it, like Goodreads, it won't reflect accurately.
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler--The case presented by Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams is classic revisionist history. Keeping in mind the Churchillian dictum, "history is written by the victors", it is very interesting that since Hitler's quasi-official death on April 30, 1945, definitive proof has never been actually presented. Quite the contrary, although Hitler's suicide in the Fuehrer Bunker is generally accepted, nagging inconsistency remain to this day prompting books, TV specials and other investigations to keep this historical mystery bubbling. History many times is a conundrum within itself, a mystery that festers with no conclusions just questions and suppositional hypotheses. Have you ever wonder why so many history-changing events wind up in conspiracies? For examples: Who and how were the great Giza Pyramids built? Questions concerning the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations. The mystery of aliens and UFOS. And in Dunstan's and Williams' Grey Wolf, what really happened to Adolf Hitler and Martin Bormann: Escape to Argentina anyone?
The principle of Occam's razor will usually hold one in good stead when faced with such enigmas: "simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones." Still, it is the human condition to wonder "What If?"
In Grey Wolf we have an interesting What IF proposal for the reader to ponder. Did Hitler and Bormann die in the waning days of the Third Reich or, as Misters Dunstand and Williams hypothesize, was an elaborate escape pulled off during the last week of the war? Elaborate indeed according to Misters Dunstan and Williams. Martin Bormann, the Nazi puppet master behind the Hitlerian dictatorship, pulled all the right strings to move huge amounts of money (loot) and important Nazi leaders to Argentina as the Third Reich fell. Some of Bormann's plans were years in the making "just in case" Germany lost the war. In the end, according to Grey Wolf, Hitler and his ilk along with close to $1Billion (an unimaginative sum of money in 1945) secretly fled to Juan Peron's fascist Argentina to build the Fourth Reich.
Very interesting, and in many ways fun, revisionist historical reading. Could it have happened as Misters Dunstan and Williams hypothesize? As Hamlet said in Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." The authors present their case which is buttressed by a plethora of documentation. Interesting thought, if the FBI knew all this why did they not act? War fatigue? Covert operations were in use back during the book's timeline (OSS and then the CIA were alive and well). I did enjoy the supposed eye witness accounts of an aging Fuehrer. Another line the authors did not pursue and that was extremely interesting was what happened to Eva Braun and the two children she and the Fuehrer supposedly birthed. As the Hitler family life eventually deteriorated during Argentine exile, Eva just up and left and disappeared. On that note the authors left us hanging. The interaction between the Perons, Hitler, and Bormann was fascinating. More so because I just finished Henry Stevens' fascinating and highly entertaining book Dark Star: The hidden history of German secret bases, flying disks & U-boats in which he covered some of the same ground as Misters Dunstand and Williams. One intriguing note alluded to by Stevens was Otto Skozeny's (Hitler favorite commando who rescued Il Duce Mussolini) interaction with the Perons during this time. If true I was surprised he was NOT mentioned in Grey Wolf? More Nazi mysteries in mysteries.
All in all Grey Wolf was both a fun and quasi-enlightening read. The authors presented their case and some of the evidence was strong but overall they left too many loose ends dangling. To close the book on one of history's greatest mysteries the evidence has to be overwhelming and Grey Wolf is more circumstantial than overwhelming. So, the mystery will continue for more definitive proof to be presented. Most of the major political players of the Hitler age feel that he did not die in the bunker but again where is the definitive proof? How about a body (Adolf? Eva?) for DNA testing at least? Still, I enjoyed reading Grey Wolf if for nothing else to keep my mind open to the possibilities. The truth is definitely out there, but boy is it hard to find! 4 Star recommend-get it from your local library if you can.
NOTE: The best fictional account of Adolf Hitler's possible escape from the bunker was the book The Bearkut by Joseph Heywood (see Amazon). Strong 5 star recommend for Bearkut.
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I had seen Grey Wolf movie on DVD.
I strongly feel This book. is a fiction not based on historical facts
Martin Borman died in May 1945 as proved in DNA test in late 1978 on a recovered dead body in Berlin. He appears very prominently in Grey Wolf. He was supposed to be back bone of Hitler in exile.
The strong character of Hitler will not go in exile
Joseph Goebbels was very close to Hitler. He was in Hitler bunker during last days before suicide of Hitler n Eva Braun. He poisoned his six daughters n shot his wife Marda n lastly shot himself . Had Hitler escaped to Argentina Where
was Joseph Goebbels n his family. Why his entire family will commit suicide.
Why Heinrich Himmler not accompanied Hitler along with Herman Goering