Kenneth D.
Alford has been researching archival
material relating to World War II for over
thirty years. He previously
enjoyed a long
career as computer technician and bank vice
president. He has amassed
an immense library of source documents and other
reference material pertaining to that war. Mr.
Alford has devoted his past twenty-five years of
research exclusively to the looting of Europe.
He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Mr. Alford's successful 1994 book
The Spoils of World War II (by Birch Lane
Press) received an excellent Kirkus
review and was reviewed in The New York
Times and London Times. His Great
Treasure Stories of World War II (Savas
Publishing, 2000) sold out immediately. A new
book Nazi Millionaires, co-authored with
Ted Savas appeared in July 2002.
He has acted as a consultant and
participant for several major network television
programs. They include "The Last Days of World
War II" a three-hour Greystone documentary,
produced by Rob Kirk and viewed on the A&E
and History Channels. Impact Media Inc. filmed a
BBC/TV documentary and Australian Channel 12
have featured both of Mr. Alford's works. The
large German Television conglomerate, ZDF has
filmed several hour-long segments highlighting
his research and writings.
Alford's research into World War
II looting has been written about in major
international newspapers, including The New
York Times, Toronto Star and the mass
circulation German Bild am Sonntag. He
has been quoted as an authority in The
Washington Post and leading Italian and
Hungarian newspapers.
Mr. Alford continues to lend his
assistance to museum and government authorities
as they continue to search for still missing art
treasures on behalf of the German, Hungarian,
and Russian governments.
In December 99, Mr. Alford was the
guest of the Vice President of the World
Federation of Hungarians in Budapest. In
addition to hosting a news conference he made a
presentation on the subject of the Hungarian
Gold Train as it relates to the Holocaust Era
Asstets.
ALFORD'S latest book, Nazi
Millionaires: The Allied Search for Hidden SS
Gold" (360pp., $29.95, Casemate, 2002), with
co-author Ted Savas, was released in July.
This very human drama examines how
and where dozens of SS men (from Adolf Eichmann
to the lowly Captain Franz Konrad) obtained and
buried or concealed tons of gold, currency,
jewels, and priceless artifacts -- and the
Allied postwar search for these treasures.
"Nazi Millionaires" relates
remarkable episodes of the Second World War and
immediate postwar period that most people have
never heard of -- one bombshell concerning Count
Folke Bernadotte is already creating quite a
stir in Sweden. This study is based upon
thousands of pages of previously unpublished
documents.
Mr. Alford has been a guest
speaker in dozens of event and has a one-hour
.35 mm slide presentation regarding his
works.
Books
by Kenneth Alford on sale at the
booktable:
The
Spoils of World War II - $19.95
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