title: Quest: Searching for Germany's Nazi past : a young man's story
author:  Ib Melchior 
description: Shocked by the 1979 broadcast of Holocaust , 16-year-old West German Brandenburg undertook a personal search to learn the truth about the Nazis. He interviewed Nazi generals, bureaucrats, secretaries, and others who--incredibly and inexplicably--share intimate, extremely revealing memories of their beloved Fuhrer. Penned by professional writer Melchior, the book reads like a detective thriller as it details both the information-gathering process and the startling material Brandenburg uncovered on such still-unresolved issues as Nazi postwar escape routes, the leadership of an international Nazi underground by a still-living Martin Bormann, the location of missing Nazi documents and stolen treasures. Though it should be approached with caution by historians, this riveting story masterfully exposes the fascist mentality, which is by no means extinct. It can be enjoyed by layperson and scholar alike.<br /><i>- Benny Kraut, Univ. of Cincinnati</i><br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ## Chapter 1
  
  
  ### Germany 1945
  
  
  Karl Mueller stood at the station waiting for the steam train to come to a
  halt. All along the platform hundreds of young men were standing in groups,
  the anticipation almost palpable as they faced their uncertain futures
  together. He smiled inwardly as he saw the last-minute emotion from the girls
  many were leaving behind, most clinging on to the false promises they had been
  given prior to taking the young men to their beds the previous night. Others
  were genuine in their feelings as lovers, mothers and sisters said goodbye to
  their menfolk, possibly for the last time.
  
  
  Karl belonged to neither group and stood alone, smoking his Lande Mokri Superb
  cigarette. He too had been lucky enough to share a bed with a young woman the
  previous night, though she wasn’t here to wave h