Kitty's Salon

Sex, Spying and Surveillance in the Third Reich

Nigel Jones

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BONNIER
25 July 2023

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Espionage & secret services

The first factual history of Salon Kitty, the story of a Berlin brothel used by the SD Nazi secret service as a listening post wired for sound to spy on its VIP clients, and staffed by specially selected and trained sex workers who doubled as secret agents.

By: Nigel Jones
Imprint: BONNIER
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 421g
ISBN: 9781789466133
ISBN 10: 178946613X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Historian and journalist Nigel Jones is the author of eight historical books and biographies, including acclaimed lives of Rupert Brooke and Oswald Mosley, Peace and War: Britain in 1914 and Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London. An authority on the poets of the Great War and the rise of Nazism and Fascism between the world wars, he has also guided historical tours of the Western Front, Germany and Italy for several years. A former deputy editor of History Today and a founding editor of BBC History magazine, he writes and reviews regularly for these and other national newspapers and magazines, and frequently appears in TV historical documentaries. Urs Brunner studied History, Politics and Literature at the University of Zurich and the American University of Cairo, and works as a freelance journalist. Julia Schrammel is an Austrian journalist who studied at the University of Salzburg and works with several media companies.