This is Curt Riess' shocking book The Nazis go Underground - A Startling Expose of How the Germans Are Planning for World War III (1944) which exposes not only Third Reich’s elaborate plans for postwar underground survival and continuity but also its major comeback in World War III. The Nazis counted on the certainty that the multinational corporate community would preserve the Nazi infrastructure as a bulwark against communism during the then imminent Cold War. In addition to the powerful corporate economic interests allied with Nazi business centers, the process of underground perpetuation was greatly aided by “Fifth Column” movements abroad—those in Argentina and the United States in particular. Composed of ideological supporters of the fascist philosophy, these Fifth Column movements were instrumental in realizing Nazi blueprints for military conquest during the war, as well as postwar continuation and enlargement of those plans. Of particular significance in Riess’s projection of postwar Nazi continuity is the Thyssen family of German industrialists. Headed by Fritz Thyssen (Hitler’s first prominent financial backer in Germany), the Thyssen firm was a lynchpin of German and Nazi heavy industrial production and was deeply connected to powerful corporate interests abroad. Paramount among the foreign corporate allies of the Thyssens were the Harriman interests, including George Herbert Walker and Prescott Bush Sr., the great grandfather and grandfather (respectively) of the current seated US president. Curt Riess believed that the Nazis would seek to exploit the large Fifth Column movement in the United States in order to expand their influence in America in the postwar period. In addition to powerful American industrial and political figures sympathetic to the Nazi persuasion, Riess foresaw an alliance between reactionary fundamentalist American Christians and Nazis as a likely development. It is interesting to reflect on his projections against the background of the growth of the Christian Right in recent years. In order to assure placement of important Nazis in postwar Germany in secure positions, Riess predicts that the Third Reich would implant trusted operatives in municipal organizations essential to maintain infrastructure, such as the police, fire departments and public utilities. By placing SS and Gestapo veterans in positions deemed essential to maintain postwar society, the Nazis would be able to guarantee the survival of a viable political underground distributed throughout the country. Not only did the author foreseen but also analyzed this “Underground Reich” in this amazing and rare book. Find out what really happened at the aftermath of World war 2 and how the Nazis cleverly went underground in order to reemerge later possibly through the United States of America. 210 pages. A must read for everyone.
