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Ratline is the documented history about the mechanisms by which thousands of other Nazi war criminals fled to the remotest parts of the globe--including quite possibly Adolf Hitler.
It is a story involving Soviet spies, Nazi priests, and a network of Catholic monasteries and safe houses known as the rat line. The name of one priest in particular, Monsignor Draganovic, was discovered by the author in a diary found in Indonesia. Why would this name turn up in a document written in a spidery German hand in a remote island in Indonesia?
As famed author Peter Levenda began his research, more information came to light: In December of 2009, it was revealed that the skull the Russians claimed was Hitler's--salvaged from the bunker in 1945--was not that of Hitler! In 2010, files from the Office of Special Investigations of the Justice Department were declassified, revealing a history of American intelligence providing cover for Nazi war criminals.
The mystery deepened, and the author returned to his own roots hunting Nazis in North America, South America and Europe. He revisited old contacts, made some new ones, and gradually the explosive story was revealed: there is no forensic evidence to prove that Adolf Hitler died in the bunker in April 1945!
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 The Official Story 21
Chapter 2 Wandering Ghosts 47
Chapter 3 The Monastery Route 66
Chapter 4 The Land of Living Dangerously 85
Chapter 5 The German Doctor 101
Chapter 6 The Radine 129
Chapter 7 God is Great 153
Chapter 8 Flight 173
Chapter 9 The Mystery Deepens 192
Chapter 10 The Disappearance of Adolf Hider 224
Appendix 1 SS ranks and their American equivalents 236
Appendix 2 Radine Organization: Names, Groups, Countries 238
Appendix 3 Hider's DNA 238
Acknowledgements 244
Bibliography 250
Anonymous
Posted May 14, 2012
Outstanding! Completely changes what you know about the end of the war and Hitler's supposed corpse. An incredible read! The story is so bizarre that it makes sense. Where else would the most wanted man in the West go, but the East? The details are there. The documents back it up. The photographs are amazing. I had to keep reading for hours.
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Overview
Ratline is the documented history about the mechanisms by which thousands of other Nazi war criminals fled to the remotest parts of the globe--including quite possibly Adolf Hitler.
It is a story involving Soviet spies, Nazi priests, and a network of Catholic monasteries and safe houses known as the rat line. The name of one priest in particular, Monsignor Draganovic, was discovered by the author in a diary found in Indonesia. Why would this ...