The Madam and the Spymaster
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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

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Madam and the Spymaster

Kitty Schmidt, Reinhard Heydrich, and the Secret History of the Most Famous Brothel in Wartime Berlin

About this book

This extraordinary story of a high-class Berlin brothel—taken over by the Nazi secret service—is 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.

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Yes, you can access The Madam and the Spymaster by Urs Brenner,Nigel Jones,Julia Schrammel in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & German History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781639364305

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Publisher’s Note
  4. Authors’ Foreword
  5. Chapter One: ‘Fucking for the Führer’
  6. Chapter Two: Love for Sale
  7. Chapter Three: Love Suppressed
  8. Chapter Four: The End of Love
  9. Chapter Five: The Hypocrites
  10. Chapter Six: Twisted Love
  11. Chapter Seven: The Rivals
  12. Chapter Eight: Spies in the House of Love
  13. Chapter Nine: On the Trail of Kitty Schmidt
  14. Chapter Ten: Kitty Schmidt and the Nazis
  15. Chapter Eleven: Aftermath
  16. Chapter Twelve: Salon Kitsch
  17. Conclusion
  18. Afterword
  19. Photographs
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. About the Authors
  22. Chronology
  23. Brief Biographies
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. Copyright