Salonul Kitty

Salonul Kitty tells how Nazis used a Berlin brothel to spy. Rich guests went there in the Weimar years. They still went after Hitler took power. Just before the Second World War, Nazi spies took it over. They used it to learn secrets. Hidden microphones picked up what guests said. These guests came from Germany and abroad. Trained sex workers drew out private facts after sex. Some guests were high-ranking officers. Others came to visit the Third Reich. The SS spy service ran the scheme. Reinhard Heydrich was in charge.

This history is for readers drawn to wartime spying and Nazi rule. Nigel Jones, Urs Brunner and Julia Schrammel wrote it. They tell a story that few know. This edition forms part of the Omnium Istorie series. Iris Manuela Anghel translated it from English. Its original title is Kitty's Salon.

Jones writes history and books about people's lives. He studies the First World War. He also studies the rise of Nazism and fascism between the wars. He was deputy editor of History Today. He helped found BBC History and served as its editor. He writes for both and for other journals and papers. He also appears in TV films about history.

Brunner studied history, political science and literature. He studied in Zürich and Cairo. He has worked as a freelance journalist, writing news without a staff job. Schrammel is Austrian and does freelance news work too. She studied communication science in Salzburg. She works with several media firms.