Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler
2014 book and film
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler is a 2011 book by Gerrard Williams (1958–2022) and Simon Dunstan. In 2014, the book was adapted as a docudrama film, Grey Wolf: Hitler's Escape to Argentina, directed and written by Williams and produced by Magnus Peterson. The book and film allege that Hitler faked his death rather than dying in Berlin in 1945; both were given extensive coverage in the British media and criticised for their lack of verifiability.
Plot
The book and film concern the allegations by its makers that Adolf Hitler did not die in his Berlin bunker on 30 April 1945 but escaped with his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, to Argentina, similar to claims made by the Soviet Union throughout mid-1945, interpreted by Western scholars as disinformation. Hitler is claimed to have been replaced by a double by the time of his last photographed appearances, although he is known not to have used political decoys during his lifetime. Nevertheless, it is claimed that Hitler and Braun's corpses were replaced by body doubles; this might agree with historical arguments stemming from Hitler's dental remains being all that were ever conclusively identified of either individual.
Besides many ranking Nazis confirmed to have fled to Argentina using the ratlines, others are alleged to have escaped with Hitler, including Martin Bormann and Braun's brother-in-law Hermann Fegelein. Fegelein was said to have been shot for desertion on 28 April 1945, but the book claims the court martial never took place. The same Junkers Ju 52 which Fegelein took to Berlin flew back to Rechlin, but allegedly returned around 28 April. Fegelein is speculated to have scouted a landing strip at Hohenzollerndamm, where Hitler and Braun might go after leaving the Führerbunker via escape tunnel.
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