About the book: 2023 / The author of this publication is Allen Dulles, who held diplomatic posts in Vienna and Bern during the First World War, then served in the State department and later became director of the CIA, during World War II he was the head of the American Intelligence Center in Bern. In 1942, on instructions from the Center, he established contact with the German underground, which more than once organized attempts on Hitler’s life. His story of the German resistance, of contacts between the Allies and the opposition, is the story of people from all levels of German society - from leading figures such as military leaders L. Beck, K. Goerdeler, K. Hammerstein, to ordinary civil servants, intellectuals, representatives of trade unions and the church , united in the Kreisau circle - who risked their lives in the fight against Hitlerism for personal freedom. This is a book about anti-Nazi opposition to the totalitarian regime.