Gestapo Chief Became Top Truman Advisor

According to Wikipedia, Heinrich Mueller, (b. April 29, 1900) Chief of the Gestapo and Adolph Eichmann's boss, "disappeared in May 1945 and remains the only senior figure of the Nazi regime who was never captured or confirmed to have died."

In fact, the Gestapo boss escaped to Switzerland where he worked for the government. In 1948, the CIA recruited him as a Soviet counter espionage specialist because the US government was full of Communists. Frank Wisner and James Kronthal recruited him for $50K annual salary and a $1 million signing bonus.

Mueller was soon on a first-name basis with President Harry S. Truman.. Wearing his Nazi medals, Mueller entertained Truman at home, played Bach, and gave him stolen art and a case of fine whiskey. Truman may be his son's godfather.

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