Springtime for Hitler

I couldn’t think of a better title for this post than a reference to the old comedy called The Producers, originally starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder.

Springtime - late April in particular - would be a time, once upon a time, when Hitler would have celebrated. His birthday was April 20, and he escaped the Soviet invasion of Berlin the night of April 22-23. By April 26 he was safely in Spain, and before long, in Argentina - where along with several other officially dead top Nazis, they enjoyed a long life.

If you haven’t researched this topic, and you’re American, the idea that Hitler escaped goes against everything you were ever taught and must seem as unlikely as Elvis and Bigfoot knocking at your front door. But in South America, the opposite is true. Everyone knows Hitler made it to Argentina, and it isn’t controversial at all.

The truth is - Germany was far ahead of the rest of the world in several aspects of physics. They made the first atomic bombs, (but lacked the air superiority to deliver them to targets like Moscow) and that wasn’t even their most important breakthrough. The United States’ greatest conquest in WWII was acquiring Germany’s intelligence networks intact, as they were paid to keep working against the communists - their atomic bombs, and their special research projects, many of which are still secret today. The price was allowing Hitler, Bormann, and several other Nazi leaders to escape - with US support authenticating their ruse and covering their trail.

If you are interested in the facts on this topic read Hiding Hitler