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Authors: Simon Dunstan,Gerrard Williams
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PART IV:
THE GREY WOLF OF PATAGONIA
21 Greedy Allies, Loyal Friends
Bibliography and Other Sources
This listing of significant characters who appear in this book omits unnecessary explanations of major historical figures such as Adolf Hitler, Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring, 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. (1957–67). Member of the board of directors (1938–45).
A
LVENSLEBEN
, G
EN
. L
UDOLF VON:
SS and police general, and wanted war criminal, later governor of Nazi settlement at Inalco, Río Negro province, Argentina.
A
RENSTORFF
, G
ERDA VON:
Colleague of D
IETRICH
N
IEBUHR
at German embassy in Buenos Aires (1938–44), who recruited E
VA
D
UARTÉ
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 Hitler’s party from Travemünde, 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 Hitler’s party from Berlin to Tønder, Denmark, on April 28, 1945.
B
ETHE
, H
EINRICH:
German sailor from warship
Admiral Graf Spee
, who became Hitler’s 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 1930s–40s, intelligence chief for Spain and South America as head of Ibero-American Institute.
F
EGELEIN
, G
EN
. H
ERMANN:
Heinrich Himmler’s SS adjutant to Hitler’s headquarters, who became Hitler’s 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) (1933–45).
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 Bormann’s 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 Bormann’s intermediary to A
LLEN
D
ULLES
.
H
ÖTTL
, 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, Río Negro province, Argentina.
L
EHMANN
, O
TTO
(
POSSIBLE PSEUDONYM
): Medical officer at Nazi settlement at Inalco, Argentina, and later Hitler’s personal physician at his La Clara retreat.
M
EYNEN
, O
TTO:
Senior intelligence agent at German embassy in Buenos Aires (1939–44), replacing D
IETRICH
N
IEBUHR
.
M
ÜLLER
, G
EN
. H
EINRICH
“G
ESTAPO
”: SS and police general in command of the Gestapo.
N
IEBUHR
, C
APT
. D
IETRICH:
Naval attaché at German embassy in Buenos Aires (1939–41), and intelligence agent for G
EN
.
VON
F
AUPEL
.
O
FFERMANN
, 1
ST
L
T
. H
ANS
-W
ERNER:
Commander of submarine U-518.
P
UTTKAMER
, A
DM
. K
ARL
-J
ESCO VON:
Hitler’s navy adjutant in the Führerbunker, who assisted Martin Bormann with secure radio communications.
R
OSENBERG
, A
LFRED:
Nazi Party artistic “commissar,” and head of ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg für die Besetzen Gebiete—Special Staff of National Leader Rosenberg for the Occupied Territories) organization in charge of looting artworks from occupied countries.
R
UDEL
, C
OL
. H
ANS
-U
LRICH:
Stuka dive-bomber pilot who was most highly decorated officer in the German military, later active in Nazi community around San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
S
ANDSTEDE
, G
OTTFRIED:
Press attaché at German embassy in Buenos Aires (1939–41), senior intelligence agent for G
ENERAL VON
F
AUPEL
, and executive of Delfino shipping line.
S
CHACHT
, H
JALMAR:
One-time president of Reichsbank and economics minister of Reich, and a principal director of Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.
S
CHAUMBURG
-L
IPPE
, P
RINCE
S
TEPHAN ZU:
Consular officer in Chile (1936–41), also active in affairs of Buenos Aires embassy.
S
CHELLENBERG
, G
EN
. W
ALTER:
SS general commanding the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) intelligence agency, and would-be intermediary between Heinrich Himmler and A
LLEN
D
ULLES
.
S
CHMITZ
, H
ERMANN:
Chairman of the board of IG Farben conglomerate; funder and supporter of Nazi Party.
S
CHÖTZAU
, L
T
. C
DR
. G
ERHARD:
Commander of submarine U-880.
S
CHRÖDER
, B
ARON
K
URT VON:
Leading banker and supporter of Nazi Party.
T
HERMANN
, B
ARON
E
DMUND VON:
German ambassador to Argentina (1938–41).
T
HYSSEN
, F
RITZ:
Steel industry magnate and supporter of Nazi Party; chairman of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG (United Steelworks).
V
OSS
, A
DM
. H
ANS
-E
RICH:
Naval liaison officer at the Führer’s headquarters.
W
INTER
, G
USTAV:
Agent of the Abwehr, who established a secret intelligence base on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
W
OLFF
, G
EN
. K
ARL:
SS military governor of northern Italy, who negotiated with A
LLEN
D
ULLES
for surrender of German forces in Operation Sunrise.
A
MERICAN
D
ONOVAN
, G
EN
. W
ILLIAM
J.: Director of Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI) (1941) and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (1942–45).
D
ULLES
, A
LLEN
W
ELSH:
Corporate lawyer with extensive prewar contacts in Germany; from October 1941 head of operations of COI and then OSS station chief in Bern, Switzerland (1942–45); after the war, director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1953–61).
F
ORD
, H
ENRY:
Automobile industry magnate, decorated by Nazi Party for his support.
G
ROVES
, G
EN
. L
ESLIE
R.: Director of Manhattan Project, and instigator of U.S. efforts to locate and neutralize German nuclear research.
L
ANSDALE
J
R
., L
T
. C
OL
. J
OHN:
Head of security for Manhattan Project, and second-in-command of Alsos Mission to neutralize Germany’s nuclear research program.
L
ESLIE
, E
DGEWORTH
M.: OSS officer, intermediary between A
LLEN
D
ULLES
and SS G
EN
. K
ALTENBRUNNER
.
M
ORGENTHAU
, H
ENRY
J.: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1934–45).
P
ASH
, C
OL
. B
ORIS
T.: Commander of Alsos Mission.
W
ALLACE
, H
ENRY:
Vice president of the United States (1941–45).
B
RITISH
D
ALZEL
-J
OB
, L
T
. C
DR
. P
ATRICK:
Royal Navy officer commanding Team 4 of 30 Assault Unit (AU).
F
LEMING
, L
T
. C
DR
. I
AN:
Officer in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and personal assistant to Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence; later, author of best-selling James Bond spy novels.
N
ORMAN
, S
IR
M
ONTAGUE:
Governor of Bank of England (1920–44), and a principal director of Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.
A
RGENTINE
E
ICHHORN
, W
ALTER AND
I
DA:
Leading supporters and fund-raisers for Nazi Party, friends of Hitler, and owners of Hotel Eden, La Falda, Córdoba province, Argentina.