Description
Book Synopsis Germany''s aristocratic Schulenburg family were irreconcilably divided over Hitler--some followed him devoutly while others joined the Resistance. One brother was decorated with the Knight''s Cross of the Iron Cross, the Third Reich''s highest military award. Another recruited Hitler''s would-be assassin for Operation Valkyrie.
This book chronicles the untold history of the Schulenburgs, whose clashes at the apex of German society illustrate the complex relationship between Nazis and the nobility. Their story spans the airborne campaigns and war crimes through Holland, Crete, Russia, Italy and Normandy, as seen through the eyes of warring siblings.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Richard Corbett, CBE
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. "Bewitched by English Ways": The House of Schulenburg, 1865–1933
- 2. "United by Pain, Divided by Politics": The Schulenburg Family and the Reich, 1933–1939
- 3. "A Statesman Bent Upon Action": Diplomacy and Dissent in the East, 1934–1941
- 4. "The Land That Is in Need of Heroes": War and Resistance, 1939–1943
- 5. "The Positions Will Be Held; If Necessary, to the Last Man!": War and War Crimes, 1943–1944
- 6. "We Want to Create Sacred, Inviolable Law Again": The July Plot, 1944
- 7. "Demanding a Better Future": Survivors and Surviving, 1945 and Beyond
- 8. "A Grave Legacy": Recriminations, Restitution, and Reconciliation
- Appendix I—Schulenburg Family Tree
- Appendix II—Biographical Notes
- Appendix III—Timeline
- Bibliography
- Index
