Germany 1945-46. Werewolf Activity?

[Zardnaar]

I have read alot of books about WW2. Several have dealt with the chaos of post war Germany and have mentioned the Werewolves- the German resistence. Generally they tend to gloss over it saying it was ineffective or was only a plan etc.

However I have read somewhere that a few allied soldiers (espicially soviet) were killed while serving in Germany. I know some conventional units didn't surrender until June 45 and some Uboat gave up in September 45.

A known werewolf attack was the mayor of Aachen in late 44 I believe and I heard rumors tha Patton died in 45 in a "auto accident" that may have been werewolf activity. Anyone know more about this than me?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

There are differing opinions on the matter, with the prevailing school of thought being that there were none. Another view being put forth quite well in several books ( 'Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944-1945') that resistance, or events that could be construed as such did occur for some time afterwards. Their efforts 'amounted to next to nothing' in the words of Allen Dulles, but their existence for me cannot be utterly discounted. It never really got off the ground, but there were quite a few little incidents. It had no impact, as the German people had no will to fight, and were totally defeated. But a dying body can still twitch, and even a dead body move under some circumstances.

There was definitely the death of the Mayor of Aachen at the hands of a paratroop squad...there was an article, 'Minutemen of the Third Reich', which made some interesting contentions and conclusions.

 

[Dr. Dr. Doktor]

Allan Dulles would be a good source considering his involvement in bringing Nazi intelligence officers and SS officers over to the Allied side after the war. His involvement in Operation Sunrise, the secret negotiations regarding a Germans surrender in Northern Italy, between the Germans, Americans and the Vatican explains some of the motivations behind bringing the Nazis over. As it was the continued fighting would only destroy the infrastructure and industry and thus strengthen the hand of communist 'infiltrators'. Of course it would be a bad deal for the capitalists if they should lose too much of their income-base.

See: Blowback: America's recruitment of Nazis and its Effects on the Cold war, and the Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law and genocide in the Twentieth Century. Both by Christopher Simpson.

They are based on archives of released intelligence material.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Before even worrying about income base, the actual power politics needed to be considered; Europe had already been half swallowed by the Red menace, and to arrest any foothold by their fellow travellers and outright agents in the West, steps had to be taken. Simply an extension of Churchill's fiendens fiende principle.

Given that the Iron Curtain began just across the Adriatic, steps had to be taken so the disease did not jump the water. A communist Italy, or part of it under Communist occupation would recast the strategic equation in Europe quite markedly.

But we digress.

 

[Patroklos]

Hello,

The majority of the Werewolf forces consited of Hitler Youth given a few panzerfausts to hide in the woods. Most of the children simply went home after awhile, or surrendered. The whole movement didn't recieve very much attention or support until the very end, and it was hard to motivate anyone in Germany at that point, except those doomed on the East front. It wouldn't have mattered on that front though, the NKVD divisions following the red army made short work of the Polish resistance supported by the West, the Werewolves would have fared no better.

However, it is confirmed that two mayor level assasinations, including the one in Aachen, were their work.

-Pat

 

[Zardnaar]

What other Mayor was assassinated? It seems to be a somwhat obscure subject. I suppose with no outside support after the surrender and a lack of motivation doomed it from the start.

 

[Patroklos]

Krankenhagan war the other city.

 

[Vrylakas]

In Poland Werewolf activity was stronger and lasted longer because many were simply soldiers whose homes had been destroyed and their families deported westward beyond the new German-Polish borders, and they'd nothing to lose. Still, they were never more than a nuisance, not organized at all, and disappeared when their supplies ran out. With the Prussian, Silesian and Pomeranian German populations deported (and the undying hatred of Germans by the Poles and Russians), they had no local base of support.

 

[rilnator]

I read a book called 'The Runner' by Christopher Reich and it ends with Patton's driver deliberately crashing the car.He was ordered to do this to get rid of Patton coz he was a dangerous embarrassment to the Western allies. The book is fiction though.

 

[Zardnaar]

Originally posted by rilnator
I read a book called 'The Runner' by Christopher Reich and it ends with Patton's driver deliberately crashing the car.He was ordered to do this to get rid of Patton coz he was a dangerous embarrassment to the Western allies. The book is fiction though.

Yeah I own that book. Got it for a Dollar at a sale. I liked it.