Another fact that influences our story was the ascendance of the
SS (Schutz Staffel). The SS began simply as Hitler's body guard.
From humble beginnings it was transformed into the most powerful
entity within the Third Reich after Hitler himself. The military
arm of the SS, the Waffen SS, became the most elite military
force in Germany. The SS also took over many research,
development and production facilities from the Army and Air
Force. The SS took over control of civilian research and
development facilities. The SS began taking facilities and power
away from Albert Speer's Ministry of Arms and the RLM headed by
Hermann Goering. As the war progressed, the SS organized, built
and ran many underground manufacturing facilities (12). They
even appropriated the huge industrial firm, the Skoda Works, its
subsidiaries and related firms, centered near Prague, for their
in-house projects (13). The SS became an empire within an empire
answerable only to Adolf Hitler.
The SS also set up special research facilities for politically
unreliable scientists. Research projects arose within these
facilities which were in part staffed by technical people drawn
from the prisoner pool. Such facilities were set up at
Oraneinburg, Nordhausen, Mechlenburg and Mathausen (14).
As the SS rose within Germany, so did the fortunes of Doctor of
Engineering, General Hans Kammler. Kammler seems to come into
prominence through his talent at designing and building massive
underground facilities (15). Soon Kammler was placed, by Hitler,
in charge of V-weapons (Vergeltungswaffen). This means Kammler
was in charge of the facilities at Peenemuende and Nordhausen.
He was Dr. and General Walhter Dornberger's boss who, in turn was
Dr. Wernher von Braun's boss. Further, Kammler headed up an
advanced research and development group, associated with the
Skoda Works, called the Kammler Group (16). This group held the
most advanced technical secrets of the Third Reich.
During post-war questioning, when asked for details concerning Vweaponry, Albert Speer told Allied interrogators to ask Kammler
these questions (17). They never did, however, because the 42
year old General Kammler had disappeared. Kammler was no fool.
Wherever he went he undoubtedly took copies of the most advanced
German technology. Numerous countries would have dealt with
Kammler, regardless of his past. This includes the U.S.A.
Couple this with the fact that no search was ever made for
General Kammler in spite of the fact that he extensively employed
slave-labor in his projects.
Did Kammler do a secret deal with an Allied government,
exchanging information for a new identity? Or did Kammler escape
Allied clutches to some safe haven such as South America? It is
known that the Nazis set up shop in large, secure tracts of land
between Chile and Argentina. It is also known that UFOs were
seen earlier in that region than in the USA after the war. Many
post-war stories involve German scientists relocating in South
American countries formerly friendly to the
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