"I am immortal!" exulted Hitler in the wake of the failed assassination plot of July 20, 1944. As Peter Hoffmann shows in this startling book, that bombing was only the best known of more than thirty attempts on Hitler's life, the first coming as early as 1921, when he was the leader of the German w[...]

Coinciding with the release of Tom Cruise's highly anticipated blockbuster "Valkyrie", a new and updated edition of "Stauffenberg" will be available in early January. Most of us are aware of the attempt to assassinate Hitler but few know about those behind it. In this family history Peter Hoffmann r[...]

Am 20. Juli 1944 verübte Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ein Attentat auf Hitler, das Deutschland von seinem verbrecherischen Diktator befreien und den Zweiten Weltkrieg beenden sollte. Der Historiker Peter Hoffmann, einer der besten Kenner des deutschen Widerstands, entwirft in seiner zum Sta[...]

Part novel and part memoir, Yoel Hoffmann s Moods is flooded with feelings about his family, losses, loves, the soul s hidden powers, old phone books, and life in the Galilee, with its every scent, breeze, notable dog, and odd neighbor. Carrying these shards is a general tenderness accentuated by a [...]

This classic account of the German Resistance during World War II remains one of the primary sources on a topic that continues to generate controversy more than a half century after the war's end. As OSS (office of strategic services) chief of station in Bern, Switzerland, from 1942 to 1945, Dulles [...]

While the "Valkyrie" plot by Nazi officers to kill Adolf Hitler is the best known instance of German opposition to his dictatorship, there were many other significant acts of resistance. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making man[...]