The Madam and the Spymaster
Kitty Schmidt, Reinhard Heydrich, and the Secret History of the Most Famous Brothel in Wartime Berlin
Urs Brunner, Nigel Jones, Julia Schrammel
- 336 pages
- English
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The Madam and the Spymaster
Kitty Schmidt, Reinhard Heydrich, and the Secret History of the Most Famous Brothel in Wartime Berlin
Urs Brunner, Nigel Jones, Julia Schrammel
About This Book
This extraordinary story of a high-class Berlin brothelâtaken over by the Nazi secret serviceâis one of the last untold tales of World War II. ThereisnobookinEnglishaboutthewartimeBerlin'salon'runbyKittySchmidtunderthesecret controlofReinhardHeydrich, oneof the architects of the Final Solution. "SalonKitty" wasthemostnotoriousbrothelinthedecadentBerlinoftheWeimarRepublic-thecityof "Cabaret." ButaftertheNazistookpower, itbecamesomethingmoredangerous: aspyingcenterwith everyroomwiredforsound, staffedbyfemaleagentsspeciallyselectedbytheSStocoaxsecretsfrom theirVIPclients. MastermindedbyReinhardHeydrich, thespymasterwhomHitlerhimselfcalled "theman with the iron heart, " the exclusive establishment turned listeningpostwaspatronizedbytheNazileaders themselves, notknowingthathidden ears were listening. The Madam and the Spymaster reveals the sensationaltruestory of this forgotten part of espionage history. The deepresearch undertaken by NigelJones, UrsBrunnerandDrJuliaSchrammelshedsnewlighton Nazimethodsof controlandcoercion, and thewaysexwasabusedfortheirown perverse purposes.