AFTERWORD

This is a work of fiction and, with the single exception of Dr. Josef Mengele, any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. The description of Mengele’s crimes and other activities up to 1973, in Part I of this work, is based on eyewitness accounts and published material. As of this writing, Josef Mengele is still alive and is living in Paraguay.

Both ODESSA and the Kameradenwerk still exist. These powerful Nazi organizations are often involved in intelligence and political activities and their influence is widespread.

There is a Schweitzer Medical Institute located near Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazon. In addition the Mobil/Union Group, a consortium of American oil companies, has made an oil strike in the Amazon and is presently engaged in exploration and drilling activities. To the best of my knowledge, neither of these organizations has ever been involved in any way with the Nazis.

The Starfish Conspiracy is a complete fiction.

Andrew Kaplan

June 1979