I remember my first trip to Europe in 1991. Crossing from Spain to France, I was waved through after stating my American nationality without anyone even checking my passport. But in Germany, officials checked and stamped my paperwork more than every other nation put together. Culturally, Germans place extraordinary importance on documentation and recordkeeping.
So it does not surprise me to see a list discovered regarding the individuals entering and exiting the bunker.
I found Garcia’s list on the Hitler’s End page on Facebook run by author Peter David Orr. My comment: “I too would love to know the source of this information. If true, it backs up the scenario I wrote about in Hiding Hitler - that he fled Berlin the night of April 22/23, and that Reitsch and Von Greim only arrived on April 24 as part of the deception, to back the lie that Hitler was still in Berlin.” I have written to Garcia since seeing this for the first time less than an hour ago, and he already responded that it comes from the son of someone working in the bunker.
I find the whole subject fascinating - when I started my research years ago, I initially expected the whole idea of Hitler’s escape to be a wild conspiracy theory. After a great deal of research, I understand what really happened - and what it took to end up with the deal that ended with Germany’s advanced technology in the United States and many allegedly dead Nazi leaders in Argentina.
