Grey Wolf

The Escape of Adolf Hitler

By: Simon Dunstan, Gerrard Williams

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Did Hitler - code name "Grey Wolf" - really die in 1945? Gripping new evidence shows what could have happened.

When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead, Stalin replied bluntly, "No." As late as 1952, Eisenhower declared: "We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death." What really happened? Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence - some recently declassified - that Hitler actually fled Berlin and took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina. The recent discovery that the famous "Hitler's skull" in Moscow is female, as well as newly uncovered documents, provide powerful proof for their case. Dunstan and Williams cite people, places, and dates in over 500 detailed notes that identify the plan's escape route, vehicles, aircraft, U-boats, and hideouts. Among the details: the CIA's possible involvement and Hitler's life in Patagonia - including his two daughters.

©2011 Simon Dunstan, Gerrard Williams (P)2011 Gildan Media Corp

Very interesting theory

I really enjoyed this book. it's clear that quite a bit of research was done. I know many people will refuse to accept this theory as a possibility, but those that do should review the accepted theory of Hitler's death with the same critical eye.

Whoa! Get ready to re-write modern history

Another detailed writing exposing the truth of what happened at the end of WWII and how it transpired. Half of the book details how the Nazi war machine operated and the major players and their roles. The latter half explains the escape of one of the most wicked masterminds of the last 100 years. Really eyeopening accounts and dovetails very well with all information and discoveries found in recent years to support the notion that Hitler truly escaped. History may need to be corrected.

great book

I really enjoyed the book. it's a subject I found interesting and it was well put together.

Eye Opening

Until listening to this book, I never would have imagined some of the things that took place during, and after WWII. It's disturbing, but not surprising that many U.S companies backed the German war machine.

Good Premise...bad fact checking

Really enjoyed the premise of this book. Watched Hunting Hitler on History Channel with me 13 year old daughter and it seems this may have been used for some of their research on that show. BUT just an FYI for your facts Mr. Dunstan and Mr. Williams. Alamogordo is in New Mexico NOT Nevada. And Harry S Truman was a Senator from Missouri NOT Arkansas!!! Come on rookie mistakes both of them and I could point out more but these were glaring mistakes. Anyone who has any interest in WW2 history should know those 2 simple facts off the top of their head.

A Very Bizarre Little Audiobook

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

After listening to this book twice, I'm really confused. It's as if the authors spent a while writing a wide-ranging, but unoriginal reiteration of established WWII history, then realized how unremarkable (and unmarketable) their work was. Then, they decide to tack on this far-fetched Hitler survival tale. I'm not saying that this audiobook isn't entertaining. If you suspend all of your critical instincts, it makes a nice, light WWII pastiche. (Not quite history, not totally fiction.) But, this shouldn't be confused with a good WW II history book. (Wm. L. Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is the mac-daddy of this genre...and really cheap on Audible.com.) Or, you can find an abundance of WW II fiction. But, this book doesn't really sit well in either genre. It's sort of a literary bait and switch. The outer appearances of this book and its initial passages suggest an intriguing story about Hitler surviving. But, after you buy it you find out that the vast majority of the book is a straight high school textbook-like reiteration of history, followed by a relatively bizarre goulash of stitched-together historical events, unsubstantiated reports, and conjectural sections. These conjectural sections are identified by the authors, in terms of where they start and stop. Its these sections that really make the book strange. Here's an example of the goulash:

- Start with a long, meandering preface (in the early part of the book) of general, reiterated WW II history.

- Switch to unsubstantiated "historical" reports about the preparations, actions, and results of Hitler's and Eva Braun's escape from Germany to Argentina.

- Insert one of these conjectural sections for titillation and color. One of the weirdest was one about the Hitler couple's visit to some German controlled Argentine resort, where they had monogrammed "AH" towels, etc.

I think you get the idea. Don't buy this book, if you want real history. Don't buy it, if you want good fiction. This book is the province of conspiracy thinkers and the semi-educated.

What could Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

They could have been less wishy washy. Decide what you want to write. Write history, write fiction, or write historical fiction. This book is none of the above.

What does Don Hagen bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The narration was excellent.

Do you think Grey Wolf needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No, the first one was bad enough.

Any additional comments?

Buy it if you have throw away credits and throw away time to listen to it.

Not History.... probably

If you could sum up Grey Wolf in three words, what would they be?

Engaging unproved idea

What was one of the most memorable moments of Grey Wolf?

Hitler was a forgettable little old man, rather in everyone's way.

Which scene was your favorite?

The most interesting was the scene, and reasoning, behind the idea that the top Nazis fled, rather than die in the bunker.

It's well established that the SS robbed billions of dollars from almost anything that wasn't nailed down, and much that was. This was done, we're told, after they realised that they were going to lose. So why was there no escape route for Hitler? It always seemed a bit weird. Despotic leaders tend not to be the suicidal type.

This book is merely a story of the creation of the escape route, the escape, and the life in S. America. There's no evidence provided beyond claims of conversations with people who claimed to have overheard things. I might be doing them an injustice to some extent as this is, after all, an audiobook, and I didn't look at the bibliography, if there is one.

There are checkable claims (the report from the Russian officer tasked with finding the body, for example).

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not really

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed listening to it. I usually enjoy these sorts of

Just okay.

I thought the book was okay. I’m not sure it swayed either way. I think it’s possible he could have escaped to Argentina. There is some evidence to support the theory. I just want more evidence.

Complete review of hurlers escape

Well documented and thorough story of the entire escape of the nazis. It was a very good listen

awesome book and what great listen

great summer time listen for any history buff. was hard to stop but had to at times.