reaper_cushions [he/him, comrade/them]

Hans was an exceedingly common name in that time. I personally knew two people named Hans who were born in that period and I considering I was born in the 90s, I don’t exactly know that many people from that time. And Bonatz doesn’t seem to be an all too uncommon name either, considering there is six people in the German Wikipedia with that last name, none of them being Hans Bonatz or being related.

How did you conclude that?

They are probably different people. Heinz Bonatz (the Navy-Nazi) died in 1981 according to the Wikipedia article you linked, which makes inventing anything, really, in 1988 rather difficult. Granted, fleeing post-war Germany for South Africa is extremely suspect on its own, but this seems to refer to a different person.

Honestly, I think the random arrests and deportations make for much more compelling entertainment. Imagine a, say, Spanish striker scoring a goal against the US with ICE agents immediately storming the field to deport him to El Salvador.