Nazi Millionaires

by Alford, Kenneth D.

• ISBN13: 9780971170964
• ISBN10: 0971170967
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors

Author Biography

Kenneth D. Alford enjoyed a long career as computer technician and bank vice president. He is a frequent historical consultant for television productions involving looted Nazi treasures, and several chapters of his book Great Treasure Stories of World War II were the subject of a program on The History Channel. He is also the author of The Spoils of World War II. Ken makes his home in northern Virginia Theodore P. Savas practiced law in Silicon Valley for a dozen years and was the owner of Savas Publishing Company. He has written and edited dozens of articles and reviews, as well as a number of books. He is the co-founder and Senior Vice President of Operations of BeRead Corporation

Table of Contents

Preface / Acknowledgments	ix
Dramatis Personae	xviii
Introduction: The Rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany	xxiii
The Devil's Duo: Heinrich Himmler and Ernst Rohm	1	(8)
Hitler's Rogues: Reinhard Heydrich and Ernst Kaltenbrunner	9	(19)
Franz Konrad: The King of the Ghetto	28	(11)
Playing God in Budapest: The Kastner-Becher Faustian Bargain	39	(16)
Fischhorn Castle: The Last SS Headquarters	55	(13)
The Moneymakers	68	(24)
A Bureaucrat and His Gold: Josef Spacil's Final Days of World War II	92	(24)
Betrayal: The Discovery of Josef Spacil	116	(21)
Ghetto Konrad's Hidden Wealth	137	(27)
Walter Hirschfeld and the Search for Eva Braun's Jewels	164	(23)
Kurt Becher: The Only White Sheep in the Black SS?	187	(18)
Fall From Grace: Walter Hirschfeld and the Counter Intelligence Corps	205	(15)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner's Missing Sacks of Gold	220	(13)
Adolf Eichmann's Blaa Alm Gold	233	(15)
The Frau Connection: Iris Scheidler and Elfriede Hottl	248	(23)
The Gold Trade in Upper Austria	271	(12)
The Bloody Red Cross? Walter Schellenberg's ``External Assets''	283	(6)
Postscript: Loose Ends	289	(19)
Bibliography	308	(4)
Index	312