Friday, December
54
n, 1978
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
LARRY FREEDMAN
Erdstein's 'Inside Fourth Reich' Tells of Latin Nazis'
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By ALLEN A. WARSEN
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Erich Erdstein's
autobiography "Inside the
the Fourth Reich: the Real
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Story of the Boys from
Brazil," written with Bar-
bara Bean (St. Martin's
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-
graph reads. "It was the
first week of October, 1968,
and I had been in England
less than a week. I arrived
with only my life, one bat-
tered suitcase of documents,
and a Taurus .38 with which
I had shot and killed Dr.
Joseph Mengele, the Nazi
'Angel of Death.' "
The author commences
his story by tracing his ex-
periences from the time of
his escape from his native
Austria following its inva-
sion by the Nazis until he
reached Uruguay where he
started out as a liaison mes-
senger for the British,
American, and French em-
bassies.
Before long, he became a
trusted, though an unoffi-
cial, member of "the inner
councils of British intelli-
gence."
At the time, he asserts,
he was instrumental in
the scuttling of the Ger-
man warship, the Graf
Spee, off the coast of
Uruguay; and of unear-
thing a cache of weapons
buried in a cemetery by
the Graf Spee c'rewmen.
Shortly thereafter, he
was sent by Uruguayan of-
ficials to Argentina to
explore the extent of Nazi
penetration of that country.
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His clandestine activities,
however, were discovered
and he was jailed.
In one of the jails, he re-
lates, 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).
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.
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 H, 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
against the present German
regime and devise schemes
for strengthening their
influence in South America.
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 ques-
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 cant't
ing Vatican passports,
Nazis slipped out of Ger-
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Some Catholic officials were
motivated by humanitarian
concerns, considering it
their duty to save human
lives regardless of the per-
son's character or crimes.
Others, like the notorious
Bishop Hudal of Rome, were
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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