Hitler's Last Chief of Foreign Intelligence

Hitler's Last Chief of Foreign Intelligence: Allied Interrogations of Walter Schellenberg. Reinhard R. Doerries. Frank Cass. [pounds sterling]35.00. xvii + 382 pages. ISBN 0-7146-5400-0. SS Brigadefuhrer Walter Schellenberg was the most important official in Nazi Germany's foreign intelligence service.

He was closely associated with Himmler and was used to take his 'peace feelers' to Britain and America toward the end of the war. He also had knowledge about those who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944. The long drawn-out interrogation by Allied officials after Schellenberg's capture is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, sources for understanding what went on in the ramshackle Nazi government, especially when one remembers Schellenberg's role as the Nazi regime collapsed. Prof. Doerries gives us here a scholarly edition of the highest order which has the complete text of the interrogations, unabridged and unaltered. In addition, where a comparison between the text and Schellenberg's own memoirs (published in part after his death in 1952) was helpful, such is given in the annotations.

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