Hitler's Last Plot: The 139 VIP Hostages Selected for Death in the Final Days of World War II

by Jeremy Dronfield and Ian Sayer

Book Overview

Revealed for the first time: how the SS rounded up the Nazis' most prominent prisoners to serve as human shields for Hitler in the last days of World War II

In April 1945, as Germany faced defeat, Hitler planned to round up the Third Reich's most valuable prisoners and send them to his "Alpine Fortress," where he and the SS would keep the hostages as they made a last stand against the Allies. The prisoners included European presidents,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306921553
• ISBN13: 9780306921551
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"