On the 8th November, 1939, an unemployed joiner called George Elser planted a bomb intended to kill Adolph Hitler in a beer cellar in Munich but the plot failed as Hitler unexpectedly left the meeting early.

How would history have been changed had the attempt succeeded?

This is a memoir written by louche and irreverent Otto Voller, official translator in the Foreign Office under von Ribbentrop and later confidant of many in the Nazi leadership, particularly Albert Speer. Following Germany's victories over France and Britain he translates at the armistice negotiations where he meets the beautiful English civil servant, Helen Milton, and falls in love with her; however she is involved with the nascent British Resistance movement and Otto is gradually drawn in to the world of espionage and counter espionage.

With the war against Russia a stalemate the secret of the atom bomb becomes crucial and, without Hitler's prejudices, Germany beats the USA to develop it.

As the various factions in Nazi Germany battle each other for control of the state Otto is forced to face the reality of the Third Reich and the danger of Helen's work.

The memoir is introduced and edited by Professor (sic) Colin Campbell of Hitler College, Cambridge, who comments throughout on the historical detail of Otto's writing.

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• Publication Date: May 10, 2013
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• Print Length: 165 Pages
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