Overview
En 1944 se hicieron pĆŗblicos los diarios secretos de Galeazzo Ciano, ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Italia, en los que registraba los crĆmenes y planes nazis de los que se enteraba en sus reuniones con ellos. Pero poco se sabe que tres mujeres arriesgaron sus vidas para que estos llegaran a los Aliados, quienes luego los usarĆan como evidencia contra los nazis en los juicios de NĆŗremberg. Cuando Galeazzo fue apresado, Edda Mussolini les dio a Hitler y a su padre un ultimĆ”tum: liberar a su esposo o correr el riesgo de que filtrara los diarios a la prensa.
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Hitler y Mussolini los buscaron en vano durante meses. Posteriormente, Hilde Beetz, espĆa alemana cuya misiĆ³n era seducir a Galeazzo para encontrar sus escritos, fue a su vez seducida por aquel y uniĆ³ fuerzas con Edda. Una tercera mujer se sumĆ³ a este increĆble entramado āFrances de Chollet, espĆa casi accidental y esposa de un banquero estadounidenseā cuando Edda huyĆ³ a Suiza con la ayuda de Hilde, despuĆ©s de que Galeazzo fuera ejecutado. Frances fue el Ćŗltimo eslabĆ³n para hacer llegar los diarios a los estadounidenses y cumplir asĆ el deseo de Galeazzo.
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A partir de una minuciosa investigaciĆ³n, Tilar J. Mazzeo nos muestra este momento histĆ³rico poco conocido, para hacernos ver que sin la participaciĆ³n de Edda, Hilde y Frances, uno de los documentos mĆ”s importantes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que fue fundamental en los juicios de NĆŗremberg serĆa, quizĆ”, desconocido.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: āA tantalizingly novelistic history lesson" (Kirkus).
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In 1944, news of secret diaries kept by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public consciousness. What wasn't reported, however, was how three womenāa Fascist's daughter, a German spy, and an American bankerās wifeārisked their lives to ensure the diaries would reach the Allies, who would later use them as evidence against the Nazis at Nuremberg.
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In 1944, Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, gave Hitler and her father an ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the press. To avoid the peril of exposing Nazi lies, Hitler and Mussolini hunted for the diaries for months, determined to destroy them.
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Hilde Beetz, a German spy, was deployed to seduce Ciano to learn the diaries' location and take them from Edda. As the seducer became the seduced, Hilde converted as a double agent, joining forces with Edda to save Ciano from execution. When this failed, Edda fled to Switzerland with Hildeās daring assistance to keep Ciano's final wish: to see the diaries published for use by the Allies. When American spymaster Allen Dulles learned of Edda's escape, he sent in Frances De Chollet, an āaccidentalā spy, telling her to find Edda, gain her trust, and, crucially, hand the diaries over to the Americans. Together, they succeeded in preserving one of the most important documents of WWII.
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Drawing from inādepth research and first-person interviews with people who witnessed these events, Mazzeo gives readers a riveting look into this littleāknown moment in history and shows how, without Edda, Hilde, and Frances's involvement, certain convictions at Nuremberg would never have been possible.
This book title, Hermanas de la resistencia / Sisters In Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis, ISBN: 9786073826549, by Tilar J. Mazzeo, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (May 23, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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