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This program was recorded in one, 60-minute segment. [6]
[7]Introduction: Supplementing previous discussions with Peter Levenda about his landmark book The Hitler Legacy [8], we once again speak with Peter about his work, focusing primarily on his “prequel,” Ratline [9].
Immigration has dominated the news recently, with the flood of refugees from the wars in the Middle East overwhelming European infrastructure as the phenomenon dominates political debate and Donald Trump capitalizes on anti-immigrant xenophobia to lead the field of presumptive GOP Presidential candidates. In The Hitler Legacy [8], Peter noted anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia as part of “The Hitler Legacy.”
Fear of “the other” has been a staple of fascist thought and is dominating much of the political discourse on both sides of the Atlantic.
Turning to what might be described as the “prequel” to The Hitler Legacy, we highlight Ratline [9]. Dealing with the story of the mysterious Dr. Anton Poch, we analyze the disappearance of Adolf Hitler.
When one discusses Hitler’s escape at the end of the war, one is generally viewed as aberrant–a conspiracy nut. Peter highlights the curious behavior of the Soviets with regard to Hitler’s corpse–burying and reburying “Hitler’s remains” time and again in the months following V‑E Day.
Eventually, the remains were scientifically proved NOT to be those of Hitler, which calls into question the motive for Soviet behavior and the behavior of the Allies in the aftermath of the war.
The official version of Hitler’s death is The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper. Trevor-Roper was an agent for MI6 (British intelligence) at the time and the writing and publication of his book was, in and of itself, an intelligence operation–a “psy-op” called Operation Nursery.
This sets the background against which the mysterious Dr. Anton Poch’s situation must be evaluated. (We discuss Poch in FTR #‘s 845 [10], 846 [11].)
It was crafted to counteract Soviet charges that Hitler was alive and had gone over to the West, an allegation buttressed by information in Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler. [12]
Program Highlights Include:
- Analysis of the flight of the mysterious Dr. Poch.
- Review of Father Draganovic and the significance of his presence in the journal of Dr. Poch.
- Comparison of Operation Nursery with the Warren Report.
- Discussion of Paul Leverkuhn, a Nazi spy who was the head of the European Union when he attended the first Bilderberg meeting.
- Mr. Emory’s discussion of the term “migrant” to describe the desperate political refugees flooding into Europe. It is xenophobic, as though some sort of wandering parasites were being described, not people fleeing for their lives.
1. Immigration has dominated the news recently, with the flood of refugees from the wars in the Middle East overwhelming European infrastructure as the phenomenon dominates political debate and Donald Trump capitalizes on anti-immigrant xenophobia to lead the field of presumptive GOP Presidential candidates.
In The Hitler Legacy, Peter noted anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobia as part of “The Hitler Legacy.”
. . . Xenophobia is at an all-time high in Europe and increasingly in America. The Internet has provided new and improved means of communication. . . .
As the political life of every country becomes more and more polarized between “right” and “left,” the men of ODESSA can only laugh at our discomfort. . . .
2. Underscoring the Nazi roots of the EU and EMU, we review the presence of Third Reich alumnus and spy Paul Leverkuhn, who became head of the EU in the early 1950’s.
. . . . Paul Leverkuhn (1893–1960)–a lifelong diplomat, spy, and banker, Leverkuhn was also a devoted Nazi who joined the Party before the war began and who held various important posts in Germany during both World Wars. He had an extensive background running Abwehr operations in Turkey, and according to the CIA report referenced above he also ran a spy network after the war “based on Lebanon and extending into the Middle East.” Leverkuhn for the benefit of those with a conspiratorial frame of mind, was also in attendance at the very first Bilderberger meeting in 1954, as president of the European Union [!–D.E.]. It should be pointed out that this meeting took place four years before the CIA report was written claiming that Leverkuhn was running agents in the Middle East. . . .
3. Next, Peter reviews the bizarre handling of “Hitler’s corpse” by the Soviet security services over the years and the proof that the remains were NOT those of Hitler.
4. Before delving into the substance of Ratline, we briefly touch on the working hypothesis of “Grey Wolf,” the focal point of FTR #791 [13]. The authors posit that the key players in the realization of Aktion Feurland–the code-name for the operation facilitating Hitler’s escape–were Allen Dulles on the Allied side and Martin Bormann for the Third Reich. Centered on a quid pro quo arrangement, the authors hypothesize that Aktion Feurland involved the transfer of Nazi technology to the U.S. and the West (known as Project Paperclip) and the saving of priceless works of art from destruction.
In that context, we note that thousands of documents on both sides of the Atlantic dealing with Hitler’s postwar whereabouts are still classified!
. . . . During this period [the late 1940’s], the FBI was taking reports of Hitler being in Latin America very seriously. Thousands of documents pertaining to Hitler from these years are still classified as Top Secret on both sides of the Atlantic; nevertheless, and despite the very heavy censorship of the few files released into the public domain, some information can be gleaned. . . .
It was crafted to counteract Soviet charges that Hitler was alive and had gone over to the West (the possibility that Soviet intelligence may have known of Aktion Feurland is something to be contemplated.
A British intelligence officer, Hugh ˇTrevor-Roper (1914–2003) crafted the narrative concerning Hitler’s ultimate fate, beginning in September 1945 on a mission–called Operation Nursery–from the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. This intelligence operation is the source of the story we have all been told since then. It is the authoritative version. It is based on a handful of interviews with former members of Hitler’s personal staff, only some of whom served in the bunker up until the fall of Berlin in May, 1945. This eventually became Trevor-Roper’s best-selling book entitled The Last Days of Hitler. It stands today as the definitive account of Hitler’s alleged suicide, even though there are barely thirty-live pages in the original edition that deal directly with the death itself. The reason for this is simple: there was no forensic evidence to work from. There were only statements of eyewitnesses, all of whom were Nazis and most of whom were in the SS. . . .
. . . . If one were to take all the testimony of all of the witnesses who have since written books or who have left behind transcripts of their interrogations by British, American and Russian intelligence officers, and compared them to each other we would soon begin to realize that there is virtually no consensus on critical points of the story. . . .
. . . . Whom to believe? Which version is really authoritative?
That depends on the agenda you wish to promote. History was being written by the victors to satisfy intelligence objectives and not to illuminate this dark matter of defeat and violent death. This was war, and the Allied forces were themselves about to discover that their respective agendas did not match. The Soviets had one set of goals in mind at the end of the conflict, and the Americans another. And the British another still. . . .
. . . . The choice of Trevor-Roper for the politically-sensitive task of determining Hitler’s fate would seem curious if not for the fact that his superior, Brigadier Dick White (later to become director of MI6), intended that a narrative be crafted that would counter the effects of Soviet insistence that Hitler was still alive. What was required was not the services of a lawyer or a scientist building a legal case from evidence but the services of someone who could build a historical text from odd bits of documents and dubious testimony, hobbled together with an eye towards presenting a single point of view. In other words, the mission objective of Trevor-Roper in Operation Nursery was a foregone one: to disprove Soviet statements that Hitler was still alive. Thus, it had to begin with the premise (presented as fact) that Hitler was dead and had committed suicide in the bunker on April 30, 1945, and then be worked backward from there. No other interpretation or presentation was acceptable. All he had to do was to collect enough “eyewitness” testimony–in German, a language he did not understand–that supported (or at least did not contradict) this version of evens, and compile them into a neat story that tied together all the loose ends that then would stand as the official version. The official British version. . . .
6. We briefly note a comparison of “Operation Nursery” with the Warren Report and the Commission that crafted it (Allen Dulles and John J. McCloy being part of the commission. CORRECTION: Winnacker did not write the Warren Report, apparently.
7. Returning to a subject covered in FTR #‘s 845 [10], 846 [11], we briefly review the flight of the “Pochs” and the remarkable occurrences that transpired in Indonesia surrounding Poch/Hitler.