A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich
The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II
Lucas Delattre, George A. Holoch, Jr.
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich
The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II
Lucas Delattre, George A. Holoch, Jr.
Ă propos de ce livre
The fascinating true story of a German bureaucrat who worked secretly with the Allies during World War II. In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central Intelligence Agency. That man was Fritz Kolbe, who had decided to betray his country after years of opposing Nazism. While Dulles was skeptical, Kolbe's information was such that he eventually admitted, "No single diplomat abroad, of whatever rank, could have got his hands on so much information as did this man; he was one of my most valuable agents during World War II." Using recently declassified materials at the US National Archives and Kolbe's personal papers, Lucas Delattre has produced a "disturbing and riveting biography" that moves with the swift pace of a Le CarrĂ© thriller ( Booklist ). "A richly detailed and well-crafted account of one of America's most valuable German spies." â Library Journal
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1 Señor Fritz Kolbe
- 2 Return to Berlin
- 3 What Is to Be Done?
- 4 In the Wolfâs Lair
- 5 Decisive Encounters
- 6 Allen Dulles
- 7 A Visa for Bern
- 8 âGeorge Woodâ
- 9 The âKappa Filesâ
- 10 One Misunderstanding After Another
- 11 Final Revelations
- 12 Disgrace
- Epilogue
- A Remembrance of Fritz Kolbe
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Sources and Bibliography