Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler Part 1

Grey wolf : the escape of Adolf Hitler.

Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

This listing of significant characters who appear in this book omits unnecessary explanations of major historical figures such as Adolf Hitler, Martin Bormann, Hermann Goring, 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.

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN.

ABS, HERMANN JOSEF: Chairman of the board of Deutsche Bank AG. (195767). Member of the board of directors (193845).

ALVENSLEBEN, GEN. LUDOLF VON: SS and police general, and wanted war criminal, later governor of n.a.z.i settlement at Inalco, Rio Negro province, Argentina.

ARENSTORFF, GERDA VON: Colleague of DIETRICH NIEBUHR at German emba.s.sy in Buenos Aires (193844), who recruited EVA DUARTe as an agent.

BARSCH, 1ST LT. FRANZ: Commander of submarine U-1235.

BAUMBACH, LT. COL. WERNER: Luftwaffe (air force) officer commanding special-duties wing Kampfgeschwader 200, who supervised flight of Hitler's party from Travemunde, Germany, to Reus, Spain, on April 29, 1945.

BAUMGART, CAPT. PETER ERICH: South African-born Luftwaffe and SS officer, who flew Hitler's party from Berlin to Tnder, Denmark, on April 28, 1945.

BETHE, HEINRICH: German sailor from warship Admiral Graf Spee, who became Hitler's last servant.

BRAUN, WERNHER VON: Technical director of V-2 ballistic missile program; employed in America after the war.

CANARIS, ADM. WILHELM: Head of Abwehr military intelligence organization.

DOERGE, HEINRICH: Reichsbank official seconded to Argentina as aide to LUDWIG FREUDE, and financial adviser to Argentine government.

FAUPEL, GEN. WILHELM VON: Former military adviser to Argentine Army, and, in 1930s40s, intelligence chief for Spain and South America as head of Ibero-American Inst.i.tute.

FEGELEIN, GEN. HERMANN: Heinrich Himmler's SS adjutant to Hitler's headquarters, who became Hitler's brother-in-law and a confidant of Martin Bormann.

FLICK, FRIEDRICH: Steel industry magnate and supporter of n.a.z.i Party, a director of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (United Steelworks) (193345).

HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG, PRINCE MAXIMILIAN EGON ZU: German aristocrat and intermediary between Heinrich Himmler and ALLEN DULLES.

HUDAL, BISHOP ALOIS: Martin Bormann's main pro-n.a.z.i contact in the Vatican, who helped organize escape of many war criminals to South America.

HUMMEL, LT. COL. HANS HELMUT VON: SS adjutant to Martin Bormann, and Bormann's intermediary to ALLEN DULLES.

HoTTL, MAJ. WILHELM: SS officer, intermediary between SS GEN. KALTENBRUNNER and ALLEN DULLES.

KALTENBRUNNER, GEN. ERNST: SS and police general commanding Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), coordinating police, Gestapo (Secret Police), and SS intelligence and counterintelligence branch (SD).

KAY, CAPT. WALTER: Former first officer of warship Admiral Graf Spee, later energetic in n.a.z.i intelligence activities in Argentina and Uruguay.

KOEHN, WILLI: Head of Latin America desk in German Foreign Office based in Madrid, and active intelligence agent.

LANTSCHNER, COL. FRIEDRICH: SS officer, later owner of construction business at San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro province, Argentina.

LEHMANN, OTTO (POSSIBLE PSEUDONYM): Medical officer at n.a.z.i settlement at Inalco, Argentina, and later Hitler's personal physician at his La Clara retreat.

MEYNEN, OTTO: Senior intelligence agent at German emba.s.sy in Buenos Aires (193944), replacing DIETRICH NIEBUHR.

MuLLER, GEN. HEINRICH "GESTAPO": SS and police general in command of the Gestapo.

NIEBUHR, CAPT. DIETRICH: Naval attache at German emba.s.sy in Buenos Aires (193941), and intelligence agent for GEN. VON FAUPEL.

OFFERMANN, 1ST LT. HANS-WERNER: Commander of submarine U-518.

PUTTKAMER, ADM. KARL-JESCO VON: Hitler's navy adjutant in the Fuhrerbunker, who a.s.sisted Martin Bormann with secure radio communications.

ROSENBERG, ALFRED: n.a.z.i Party artistic "commissar," and head of ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg fur die Besetzen Gebiete-Special Staff of National Leader Rosenberg for the Occupied Territories) organization in charge of looting artworks from occupied countries.

RUDEL, COL. HANS-ULRICH: Stuka dive-bomber pilot who was most highly decorated officer in the German military, later active in n.a.z.i community around San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

SANDSTEDE, GOTTFRIED: Press attache at German emba.s.sy in Buenos Aires (193941), senior intelligence agent for GENERAL VON FAUPEL, and executive of Delfino shipping line.

SCHACHT, HJALMAR: One-time president of Reichsbank and economics minister of Reich, and a princ.i.p.al director of Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, PRINCE STEPHAN ZU: Consular officer in Chile (193641), also active in affairs of Buenos Aires emba.s.sy.

SCh.e.l.lENBERG, GEN. WALTER: SS general commanding the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) intelligence agency, and would-be intermediary between Heinrich Himmler and ALLEN DULLES.

SCHMITZ, HERMANN: Chairman of the board of IG Farben conglomerate; funder and supporter of n.a.z.i Party.

SCHoTZAU, LT. CDR. GERHARD: Commander of submarine U-880.

SCHRoDER, BARON KURT VON: Leading banker and supporter of n.a.z.i Party.

THERMANN, BARON EDMUND VON: German amba.s.sador to Argentina (193841).

THYSSEN, FRITZ: Steel industry magnate and supporter of n.a.z.i Party; chairman of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (United Steelworks).

VOSS, ADM. HANS-ERICH: Naval liaison officer at the Fuhrer's headquarters.

WINTER, GUSTAV: Agent of the Abwehr, who established a secret intelligence base on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.

WOLFF, GEN. KARL: SS military governor of northern Italy, who negotiated with ALLEN DULLES for surrender of German forces in Operation Sunrise.

AMERICAN.

DONOVAN, GEN. WILLIAM J.: Director of Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI) (1941) and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (194245).

DULLES, ALLEN WELSH: Corporate lawyer with extensive prewar contacts in Germany; from October 1941 head of operations of COI and then OSS station chief in Bern, Switzerland (194245); after the war, director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (195361).

FORD, HENRY: Automobile industry magnate, decorated by n.a.z.i Party for his support.

GROVES, GEN. LESLIE R.: Director of Manhattan Project, and instigator of U.S. efforts to locate and neutralize German nuclear research.

LANSDALE JR., LT. COL. JOHN: Head of security for Manhattan Project, and second-in-command of Alsos Mission to neutralize Germany's nuclear research program.

LESLIE, EDGEWORTH M.: OSS officer, intermediary between ALLEN DULLES and SS GEN. KALTENBRUNNER.

MORGENTHAU, HENRY J.: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (193445).

PASH, COL. BORIS T.: Commander of Alsos Mission.

WALLACE, HENRY: Vice president of the United States (194145).

BRITISH.

DALZEL-JOB, LT. CDR. PATRICK: Royal Navy officer commanding Team 4 of 30 a.s.sault Unit (AU).

FLEMING, LT. CDR. IAN: Officer in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and personal a.s.sistant to Admiral John Henry G.o.dfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence; later, author of best-selling James Bond spy novels.

NORMAN, SIR MONTAGUE: Governor of Bank of England (192044), and a princ.i.p.al director of Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

ARGENTINE.

EICHHORN, WALTER AND IDA: Leading supporters and fund-raisers for n.a.z.i Party, friends of Hitler, and owners of Hotel Eden, La Falda, Cordoba province, Argentina.

FREUDE, LUDWIG: Banker and construction-industry millionaire, who acted as n.a.z.is' chief financial representative and agent of influence in Argentina.

FREUDE, RODOLFO: Son of LUDWIG, who became private secretary and intelligence coordinator to PRESIDENT PERoN.

LEUTE, RICARDO VON: General manager of German-founded Lahusen trading conglomerate.

PAHLKE, MAX: German-born director of Mannesmann company's Argentine subsidiary, and owner of Gran Hotel Viena clinic and spa, Miramar, Cordoba province.

PERoN, COL. JUAN DOMINGO: Member of Grupo de Oficiales Unidos (GOU)-United Officers' Group military junta, who became vice president, later president, of Argentina.

PERoN, EVA "EVITA" DUARTe: Mistress, later wife, of COL. PERoN, and agent of influence for n.a.z.i intelligence.

SANTANDER, SILVANO: Deputy for Entre Rios province (193644), active and vocal opponent of n.a.z.i links with Argentine government.

TABORDA, RAuL DAMONTE: Chairman of Argentine congressional committee investigating n.a.z.i activities.

OTHER.

BRUGGMANN, CHARLES: Swiss amba.s.sador to the United States (193945).

DODERO, ALBERTO: Uruguayan-Argentine millionaire shipping magnate and confederate of the Perons.

Ma.s.sON, GENERAL ROGER: Director of the Swiss secret service (193945).

WALLENBERG, MARCUS: Swedish industrial and banking magnate.

TREATMENT OF MILITARY RANKS.

Since this book is not primarily a work of military history, we have not distinguished between the different grades of generals and flag officers in any of the Axis and Allied armed forces.

We have translated German SS and navy ranks, as below, and have simplified the former. The complexity of the SS structure meant that general officer ranks held by individuals were often qualified by suffixes differentiating rank within the basic organization or Allgemeine-SS, the military branch or Waffen-SS, and parallel rank in the police. Apart from key individuals with dual t.i.tles, such as "SS and Police Gen. Kaltenbrunner," we have felt it unnecessary to make most of these distinctions.

ABBREVIATIONS.

AU a.s.sault Unit.

CAFT Consolidated Advance Field Team.

CAO Civil Affairs Office.

CIOS Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee COI Coordinator of Information CU Commando Unit EPES Enemy Personnel Exploitation Section ERR Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg fur die Besetzen Gebiete (Special Staff of National Leader Rosenberg for the Occupied Territories) ETH Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule FEA Federal Economic Administration.

FFI French Forces of the Interior LRDG Long Range Desert Group.

MFA&A Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives NID Naval Intelligence Division NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party or n.a.z.i Party) OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) OSS Office of Strategic Services RAF Royal Air Force.

RM Royal Marines RN Royal Navy RSHA Reich Main Security Office.

SA Sturmabteilung (the n.a.z.i Party's uniformed part-time activists, the "brownshirts") SAS Special Air Service.

SD Security Service (or Sicherheitsdienst).

SHAEF Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.

SS Schutzstaffel (literally, "protection squad").

TICOM Target Intelligence Committee.