Arnim Zola (Earth-5180)

"I am not a recording, fräulein. I may not be the man I was when the Captain took me prisoner in 1945, but I am."

- - Brain to Black Canary

Doctor Arnim Zola was a Nazi German born-Swiss scientist and a former member of HYDRA who was the loyal assistant and friend of Baron Zemo. Following the end of World War II, Zola laid low, building a mechanical body to preserve his consciousness once his body was dying. After Zemo reemerged with the notice of Captain America's reappearance, Arnim joined him alongside his Doughboy creation, later on joining the Masters of Evil.

Early Life
"Ich arbeite an fortgeschrittener Exo-Skelett-Technologie ... Um einen Soldaten zum kämpfen zu bringen ... wie ein Bataillon ..."

- - Arnim Zola to Colonel Johann Schmidt

Arnim Zola was born in Switzerland and turned into one of the biggest scientists of the country. During World War II, Zola joined the Nazi Party with the rise of the Nazism movement in Germany. He developed advanced exoeskeletons for Sturmabteilung. There, Arnim was met by SS Colonel Johann Schmidt, who convinced him to join his weapons division for Adolf Hitler, HYDRA.