54 : -friday; December n;-.1978

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Erdstein's 'Inside Fourth Reich' Tells of Latin Nazis'

By ALLEN A. WARSEN

Story of the Boys from
Erich •
Erdstein's Brazil," written with Bar-
autobiography "Inside the bara Bean (St. Martin's
the Fourth Reich: the Real Press), is both a captivating
and controversial narra-
tive. It is captivating for the
daring exploits it relates;
controversial for its un-
usual claims.
The book's opening para-
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Joseph Mengele, the Nazi
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`Angel of Death.' "
The author commences
The position of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Jewish Na-
his story by tracing his ex-
tional Fund of Canada will soon become vacant because the
periences from the time of-
preseRt incumbent will be making aliyah in the summer of 1979.
his escape from his native
Desirable qualifications and characteristics include:
Austria following its inva-
Experience in fundraising;
sion by the Nazis until he
an ability to work with people both on an
reached Uruguay where he
started out as a liaison mes-
individual basis and in groups;
senger for the British,
.a knowledge of Hebrew;
American, and French em-
familiarity with Israel;
bassies.
a Zionist background;
Before long, he became a
trusted, though an unoffi-
age range between late twenties
cial, member of "the inner
and early fifties;
councils of British intelli-
some business background;
gence."
a positive attitude to Judaism.
At the time, he asserts,
he was instrumental in
Salary will be dependent upon qualifications, and can be
the scuttling of the Ger-
negotiated.
man warship, the Graf
Send applications, including curriculum vitae, resume of ex-
Spee, off the coast of.
perience and personal references to:
Uruguay; and of unear-
thing a cache of weapons
Jewish National Fund of 'Canada
buried in a cemetery by
1980 Sherbrooke Street West
the Graf Spee crewmen.
,Suite 250
Shortly thereafter, he
was sent by Uruguayan of- .
Montreal, Que.
finials to Argentina to
Canada.
explore the extent of Nazi
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penetration of that country.

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His clandestine activities,
however, were discovered
and he was jailed.

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After months of confine-
ment, Erdstein was re-
leased on condition that he
leave Argentina, which he
gladly did. But, instead of
returning to Uruguay, he
decided to settle in Brazil.
There he befriended the
governor of the state of.
Parana who appointed him
chief of the state's investi-
gation of the civil and politi-
cal police.
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Erdstein recounts viv-
idly his career as a Brazi-
lian cop, claiming, among
others, the capture of
Franz Paul Stangl; the
former commandant of
Treblinka, who was re-
sponsible for the murder
of 700,000 innocent
people.

After World War II, an
order of transmittal from
Treblinka to Berlin signed
by "Stangl was found that
lists "among the items he
sent from the camp by rail
were 25 freight cars of
women's hair, 248 freight
cars of clothing and 400,000
gold watches. '

At the request of the Bonn
government Franz Paul
Stangl was extradited to
Germany where he was sen-
tenced to life imprisonment.

Erdstein relates that he
uncovered in Brazil centers
of Nazi activities and hide-
outs where Hitlerite crimi-
nals, like Dr. Joseph
Mengele,_ met to conspire
agaiiist the present German
regime and devise schemes
for strengthening their
influence in South America. ,

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In one of the jails, he re-
laths, he shared a cell with
the Greek ship-tycoon,
- Aristotle Onasis, who was
imprisoned for refusing to
sign a blank check for - a
charity of Eva Duarte (the
mistress of Juan Peron
then Argentina's Minister
of Labor).

In addition, he tracked
down Nazi counterfeiters
and forgers; uncovered
localites dominated and
intimidated by Nazi crim-
inals; and revealed, "The
Nazis were well-
organized throughout
South America, taking
orders from higher ups —
all the way to Martin
Bormann who still called
the shots."
As a result of his Activi-
ties, Erdstein had been
harassed, threatened, at-
tacked, and once seriously
wounded.
Yet, as his anti-Nazi ac-
tivities became known, he
began receiving requests for
information from law
enforcement agencies, em-
bassies, and tips from indi-
viduals informing him of
the whereabouts of fugitive
Nazis.
Erdstein insists that he
located Martin Bormann's
hiding place, confronted
him and identified him by
his finger prints. Unfortu-
nately, the criminal eluded

him.
The question often asked,
"How was it possible for so
many Nazis to . get away
from Germany and reach
safely South America?"
Erdstein answers this ves-
tion: ". . . many Nazis
enlisted the help of the Vat-
ican, copying the methods
and routes used by British
intelligence in rescuing
Jews during the -war. Dis.-
guised as priests and carry-
ing Vatican passports,
Nazis slipped out of Ger-

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Others, like the notorious
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avowedly pro-Nazi." -
Erich Erdstein at present
resides in Canada and is
still actively "involved in
hunting down terrorist
groups acting on the Ameri-
can continent."

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