Summary
Formerly a Waffen SS officer in Nazi Germany, Alfred was part of a secret cabal that foresaw the collapse of the Third Reich. Before the Red Army encircled Berlin, the group secured substantial capital, hiding the funds within a painting titled "The Twelve Knights Led by Brunhilda." Alfred entrusted the artwork to SS Lt. Col. Spielberger, falsely implying it was created by Adolf Hitler, despite the fact that Hitler could only paint crude outdoor scenes and the work was actually by an obscure artist. Spielberger transported the painting to the U-Boat pens at Kiel and boarded U-1324, which was carrying Lt. Col. Matsuda to Japanese-held Batavia, now Jakarta. However, the submarine was sunk by a U.S. Navy patrol shortly after departing. The wreck remained undiscovered until a French telecommunications company located it while laying cables. Alfred, who was living in hiding in South America, learned of the discovery and devised a plan. He enlisted the aid of the Aryan Socialist Union, a U.S. neo-Nazi group petitioning for financing. Alfred tasked them with salvaging the painting from the U-Boat. Simultaneously, he hired the Lagoon Company, knowing they were owned by the African-American Dutch. His true motive was to test whether the A.S.U. could defeat a group he considered racially inferior. Although the A.S.U. successfully retrieved the painting, they were ambushed and slaughtered by Revy and Dutch when the duo boarded the vessel during the neo-Nazis' drunken celebration. During a phone call with Alfred, the A.S.U. leader Ratchman discovered the deception and was horrified. Alfred subsequently informed Dutch, who, along with Revy, expressed a small amount of respect for him despite his race.
