11 September 20, 1955 . While the rest of the country enjoyed cooling temperatures associated with Fall, Miami residents feared landfall of Hurricane Ione. Intermittent squalls associated with hurricane bands coming ashore soaked the outside environment. The Colonel arrived early to work that day. It was normal for the Germans to meet at a Cuban Coffee shop each morning. They read individual papers, and discussed events of the day. Paramount was how local zeitgeist supporte

10 1954 . Hochstühl and Von Unterscheisse occupied offices above the warehouse floor. The day was typical. Children were growing and under the care of mothers. Unknown was whether offspring would organically embrace requisite disdain for humanity. Not leaving their development to chance, satanic rituals were performed regularly with Argentinian spawned twins. What the Nazis failed to realize was souls were gifts from God. Ritualistic behavior merely conditioned the boys’ min

9 1951. Both Hochstühl and Von Unterscheisse took American brides. They were married not long after coming ashore in the Everglades. Nuptials were unemotional and business-like. It was part of the plan to which they adhered. Prejudices prevented them both from seeking life-mates from diverse and culturally inclusive communities. Both women were of German descent. Families had come ashore in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Both women’s families embraced, an

8 1949 . The Copa City Nightclub had operated since 1944. The building was located on the prominent corner of Dade Boulevard and West Avenue. Its exterior spoke to the Art-Deco craze of the period. Performers were as culturally varied as the city’s inhabitants. Artists like Josephine Baker, Desi Arnaz, and Dean Martin performed regularly for crowds that appreciated creativity. The building’s original configuration was completely destroyed in June 1948. There had been an ini

7 1949 . The warehouse bustled with activity. It’d been four years since the Germans arrived. Systems had been developed for acceptance and shipment of inventory. Goods flowed precisely into and from the building used as a façade; an illusion of that which society deemed legitimate. Legal products and contraband increased the financial position of two men who executed a war from within the borders of their enemy. Most workers were satisfied completing a hard day’s work. Joh

6 December 14, 1947 . Marty Markham considered himself elite. He strolled arrogantly about Miami; floating on a cloud fabricated upon Ivy-League-based self importance. Participating in secret societies while in college introduced the man to those possessing tyrannically-based, arrogant views of humanity. Not until compromising himself, participating in acts deserving swift retribution in mid-century Miami, did he flourish financially. There was a dark underbelly thriving in

5 January 10, 1947 . It was the year. Nazi sleeper cells had been given a deadline. Control must be wrested from local authorities. Inroads into politicians and police had been accomplished with help from mafia counterparts. Brown-Shirts of the nineteen-thirties had been replaced by men in silk suits. Proving most difficult was control of local media. Miami existed secludedly; near the end of the world as conceived by continental Americans. Isolation compelled a frontier me

4 December 1945 . Johnson Billie was the older brother of Franklin. The younger sibling hadn’t been seen for months. Life in the Everglades was as difficult as any place on Earth, but the combined Seminole-Miccosukee tribe had met its challenges. Johnson was married and already began his family. He saw a similar life-path for Franklin and Sarah. Natives approached marriage and family in a natural and harmonious manner. Relationships were divinely ordained. Paramount was the

3 August 1, 1945 . General Hochstühl and Colonel Von Unterscheisse had been residents of Miami barely ten days. German precision coupled with slave-like demands on local workman brought the warehouse to near completion. There was no time to waste. If progress lingered, money wouldn’t last. It was imperative to start generating income from whatever sources possible; legitimate or not. The Germans stood on the concrete warehouse floor soaking in satisfaction associated with a

2 The four Nazis continued toward town. Their destination was a newly built warehouse at the corner of Southeast 2 nd Avenue and Northeast 17 th Street. Still void of purpose, they envisioned a future of receiving and storing weapons and ammunition. The Nazis who escaped to Argentina were to move operations north, into Columbia. Shipments of arms would originate there. Receiving shipments in the sparsely populated area offered a logistical, war-time wet-dream. Blunt were

1 July 21, 1945 . The Everglades was arguably the most natural ecosystem on Earth. Through every assault upon the landscape, its resiliency proved superior. Balance, as intended by God, was the manner in which the universe thrived. Attacks by apex predators shifted prey continually across the landscape. Constant movement was the only manner guaranteeing bountiful futures. The city of Miami was bracketed to the north by a prisoner of war camp at Bal Harbor; as well as one in

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