SOFINDUS organization
also: Safenda, Safendis, Social Financial Industrial, SOF, Sofengis, Sofinda's, So Find Us, SOF Indus, Sofindus Network, softenedness, soft Indus, Soft Indus, soft industry, Sopendas, Sopendous
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Otto Skorzenyperson · 6Johannes Bernhardtperson · 5World War IIevent · 4Spaincountry · 4Madridplace · 3West Germanycountry · 3World Commerce Corporationorganization · 3United Statescountry · 2Carlos Fuldnerperson · 2Walter Mosigperson · 2Special Operations Executiveintelligence service · 1Argentinacountry · 1Moroccocountry · 1Major Gannisperson · 1Allied Control Commissionorganization · 1Operation Bloodstoneoperation · 1Ratlineoperation · 1Operation Gladiooperation · 1Charles Lescaperson · 1ROWAKorganization · 1HISMAorganization · 1Amt VIorganization · 1Nazi Partyorganization · 1United Kingdomcountry · 1
Claims (11)
Johannes Bernhardt funded
SOFINDUS host_asserted
“The Madrid-based Sopendas was funded by the assets that belonged to Johannes Bernhardt, B-E-R-N-H-A-R-D-T, in 1938. Johannes is spelled J-O-H-A-N-N-E-S. It grew out of two prior corporations. One was called ROWAK, R-O-W-A-K, and…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 44:25
SOFINDUS front_for
Ratline host_asserted
“In other words, Sopendus was an ideal vehicle for launching the earliest rat lines and establishing all of these people wherever they were going to end up to include Spain and South America with their own companies. One such rat line went f…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 46:18
Carlos Fuldner member_of
SOFINDUS host_asserted
“The next eight years of his life is shrouded in history, but it's known that at some point during the 1940s, he joined Safindas. So it's almost like part of the plan was to go ahead and pre-establish him in South America because they were g…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 47:14
Walter Mosig member_of
SOFINDUS host_asserted
“Leska was primarily aided by French collaborators who worked with Walter Mosig, M-O-S-I-G. He was a German SD agent who also worked for Safenda. He would later re-enlist with the successor Safenda's network in 1948. Finally, we get to my he…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 49:14
Otto Skorzeny member_of
SOFINDUS host_asserted
“of Bernhardt. This appears to have plugged Skorzeny into the Sopendous network. Not long afterwards, Skorzeny would be a towering figure in the Nazi international fascist movement and provided a home for many SS officers. Over time, Skorzen…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 3 @ 59:20
SOFINDUS carried_out_attack
Germany documented
“Navy intelligence services carried out espionage, sabotage, and even assassinations. Softeness assassination operations are referenced in declassified documents, including SS Lieutenant Colonel Walter Mosig, M-O-S-I-G. Like Bernhard,…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 cont - 10 @ 1:13:22
Allied Control Commission acquired
SOFINDUS book_quoted
“was also involved in the secret arrangement. As a result of clandestine negotiations, SOF Indus assets, that's where they were hiding a bunch of German assets, were eventually taken over by the Allied Control Commission, the ACC, which was …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 cont - 10 @ 56:43
Johannes Bernhardt member_of
SOFINDUS book_quoted
“into one organization. And that's what the Operation Gladio brings into, negotiated into the ACC, which is folded up into NATO as part of the takeover of that organization. So Bernhard had been director of SOFENDIS and had...…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 cont - 10 @ 1:09:55
SOFINDUS merged_with
ROWAK book_quoted
“R-O-W-A-K in Berlin and H-I-S-M-A in Morocco. Those two companies in 1938 were basically replaced by SOFINDUS. So S-O-F-I-N-D-U-S, like literally soft special forces, find us. SOFINDUS incorporated both ROWAK and this HISMA.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 cont - 10 @ 1:09:23
SOFINDUS merged_with
HISMA book_quoted
“R-O-W-A-K in Berlin and H-I-S-M-A in Morocco. Those two companies in 1938 were basically replaced by SOFINDUS. So S-O-F-I-N-D-U-S, like literally soft special forces, find us. SOFINDUS incorporated both ROWAK and this HISMA.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 cont - 10 @ 1:09:23
SOFINDUS operated_in
Madrid book_quoted
“Much like the General Wolf unit that operated all the stay-behind units for Germany, the Galen organization. Skorzeny was fully aware of all the operational aspects of Sofindus, I'm just going to call it that, and its agent network. In the …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 2 @ 12:38
Mentions (14)
▶ 43:54
was a thing called, it was a Madrid-based organization. And it's basically SOF, S-O-F-I-N-D-U-S. And that is basically for like a society, financier, industrial. Those are kind of the words that, so S-O for society, F-I-N for financial, and…
▶ 44:25
The Madrid-based Sopendas was funded by the assets that belonged to Johannes Bernhardt, B-E-R-N-H-A-R-D-T, in 1938. Johannes is spelled J-O-H-A-N-N-E-S. It grew out of two prior corporations. One was called ROWAK, R-O-W-A-K, and…
▶ 44:53
HISMA, H-I-S-M-A. Those were formed to funnel war supplies from Nazi Germany over to Spain, you know, where all the Nazis went after World War II to include Otto Skorzeny. From its inception, Sopendus enjoyed a close relationship with AMP-6…
▶ 45:24
which controlled its operations. The Reich also gave Bernhard large sums of money to invest in other countries. The conglomerate would eventually acquire holdings across the world, from Spain to Morocco, from France, and throughout all of S…
▶ 45:53
the Black Eagle Trust, out of Germany. And in 1943 alone, Safendis acquired 83 tons of gold. That staggering amount of gold would be worth billions and billions of dollars in 2018. And it was all acquired in one year. What did they do with …
▶ 46:18
In other words, Sopendus was an ideal vehicle for launching the earliest rat lines and establishing all of these people wherever they were going to end up to include Spain and South America with their own companies. One such rat line went f…
▶ 47:14
The next eight years of his life is shrouded in history, but it's known that at some point during the 1940s, he joined Safindas. So it's almost like part of the plan was to go ahead and pre-establish him in South America because they were g…
▶ 48:44
and may have been the doings of intelligence services just to give him an excuse. The Fulgner's time with Sopendus set the stage for him to be later involved in many different activities involving the Nazis and their activities in South Ame…
▶ 52:06
Skorzeny did not work directly with Safentis during the war, though it is possible that he worked with them post-war. We know from the study of Skorzeny and a wonderful book by Major Gannis, G-A-N-N-I-S, called The Skorzeny Papers, that he,…
▶ 53:02
paying Skorzeny to be an Operation Gladio trainer. Several months prior to the end of the war, Johannes Bernhard entered into negotiations with Allied intelligence to transfer over control of Safendis network. Once the war concluded, Safend…
▶ 58:50
From his base of operations in Madrid, Johannes Bernhardt was kept in on as an advisor to Sofengis Network under the World Commerce Corporation. This was around the same time, 1948, that Walter Mosig, M-O-S-I-G, rejoined Sofengis Network. I…
▶ 59:20
of Bernhardt. This appears to have plugged Skorzeny into the Sopendous network. Not long afterwards, Skorzeny would be a towering figure in the Nazi international fascist movement and provided a home for many SS officers. Over time, Skorzen…
▶ 21:49
received training from Otto Skorzeny during the war and tasked with training stay-behind formations of the Ukrainian underground to harass the Soviet army on the Eastern Front. As was noted above, Skorzeny appears to have become involved in…
▶ 33:20
both not only in Europe, but also of the people that were forward deployed into Latin America. Some of these units were incorporated into Operation Bloodstone, which became a gladio-type project targeting the Soviet satellites. Skorzeny wen…