Format:
xv, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations
,
24 cm
Edition:
First Pegasus books cloth edition
ISBN:
9781639364299
,
1639364293
Content:
Revealing the sensational true story behind a forgotten part of espionage history, this book takes readers behind the doors of "Salon Kitty," a high-class Berlin brothel that, when the Nazis took power, became a dangerous spy center, staffed by female agents specially selected by the SS to coax secrets from their VIP clients
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295) and index
,
Authors' foreword -- 'Fucking for the Führer': The birth of Salon Kitty -- Love for sale: Se and prostitution in the Weimar Republic -- Love suppressed: The Nazi crackdown on Eros -- The end of love: Sex in concentration camps, military brothels and the Lebensborn project -- The hypocrites: Sex and the secret lives of the Nazi elite -- Twisted love: How Nazis used real and fake sex scandals to achieve total power -- The rivals: Heydrich, Canaris, and the competing Nazi police and intelligence agencies -- Spies in the house of love: Converting a brothel into a spy centre -- On the trail of Kitty Schmidt: The quest for a woman of mystery -- Kitty Schmidt and the Nazis: Survivor, opportunist or collaborator? -- Aftermath: The fate of Kitty Schmidt, her brothel and her family -- Salon kitsch: The 'establishment' in historical literature and on screen -- Conclusion: Researches and results -- Afterword: 'Is this still a brothel?" -- Chronology -- Brief biographies: Prominent people in the Third Reich linked with Salon Kitty.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Berlin
;
Salon Kitty
;
Bordell
;
Geheimdienst
;
Spionage
;
Geschichte
Author information:
Brunner, Urs 1960-
Author information:
Schrammel, Julia 1982-
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