Nazi Millionaires: The Allied Search For Hidden Ss Gold

During The Final Days Of World War Ii, German Ss Officers Crammed Trains, Cars, And Trucks Full Of Gold, Currency, And Jewels, And Headed For The Mountains Of Austria. Fearful Of Arrest And Determined To Keep The Stolen Loot Out Of Allied Hands, They Concealed Their Treasures And Fled. Most Of These Men Were Eventually Apprehended, But Many Managed To Evade Capture. The Intensive Postwar Allied Investigation That Followed Recovered Only A Sliver Of This Mountain Of Gold. What Happened To The Rest Of It, And What Fate Befell These Men?Authors Alford And Savas Answer These Questions And Many More In This Fastpaced And Wellwritten New Book. Their Groundbreaking Study Is Based Upon Thousands Of Pages Of Previously Unpublished And Recently Declassified Documents. The Result Is A Fresh And Absolutely Original Reading Experience That Offers Insights Into The Minds And Methods Of These Ss Thieves, The Reich Security Main Office (Rsha) Within Which They Labored, How They Achieved Their Positions Of Nearabsolute Power, The Complex Allied Investigation Into Their Activities, And What Happened To The Vast Sums Of Wealth They Looted From Europe'S Jews.Nazi Millionaires Deftly Captures The High Drama Surrounding These Men And Women And The Secrets They Carried With Them During The Closing Days Of World War Ii And In Some Cases, To The Grave. It Is A Remarkable Tale Of Greed, Lust, Fraud, Deceit, Treachery, And Murder. And It Is One You Will Long Remember.About The Authors: Kenneth D. Alford, Of Richmond, Virginia, Is The Author Of Great Treasure Stories Of World War Ii And The Spoils Of World War Ii. Theodore P. Savas Has Written Or Edited A Dozen Books, Including Silent Hunters: German Uboat Commanders Of World War Ii. He Lives In El Dorado Hills, California.Table Of Contentspreface / Acknowledgmentsdramatis Personaeintroduction: The Rise Of Adolf Hitler And Nazi Germanychapter 1: The Devils Duo: Heinrich Himmler And Ernst Rhmchapter 2: Hitlers Rogues: Reinhard Heydrich And Ernst Kaltenbrunnerchapter 3: Franz Konrad: The King Of The Ghettochapter 4: Playing God In Budapest: The Kastnerbecher Faustian Bargainchapter 5: Fischhorn Castle: The Last Ss Headquarterschapter 6: The Moneymakerschapter 7: A Bureaucrat And His Gold: Josef Spacils Final Days Of World War Iichapter 8: Betrayal: The Discovery Of Josef Spacilchapter 9: Ghetto Konrads Hidden Wealthchapter 10: Walter Hirschfeld And The Search For Eva Brauns Jewelschapter 11: Kurt Becher: The Only White Sheep In The Black Ss?Chapter 12: Fall From Grace: Walter Hirschfeld And The Counter Intelligence Corpschapter 13: Ernst Kaltenbrunners Missing Sacks Of Goldchapter 14: Adolf Eichmanns Blaa Alm Goldchapter 15: The Frau Connection: Iris Scheidler And Elfriede H_Ttlchapter 16: The Gold Trade In Upper Austriachapter 17: The Bloody Red Cross? Walter Schellenbergs External Assetspostscript: Loose Endsbibliographyindex