On the road to the Wolf's Lair

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Initially, high-ranking army officers, civil servants, and religious leaders supported Hitler in the national interest of Germany, but ultimately, they sacrificed their lives to assassinate him. This book delves into the complexities of German resistance to Hitler from within the upper echelons of society. It explores the transformation of these elitist, militaristic, and nationalistic figures into martyrs for a universal ideal. Rather than portraying resisters as isolated individuals doomed to fail against the Nazi regime, it highlights those who emerged from the Third Reich, leveraging their cultural, administrative, and military positions to form organized opposition. Their gradual awakening to the regime's atrocities unfolds as a dramatic narrative filled with compromise, reluctance, and moral conflict. Hamerow chronicles the journey of these men as they grapple with guilt and contrition for their earlier support of a murderous regime. Their moral reckonings and higher ideals ultimately challenge their lifelong habits, leading them to confront their complicity. This unsparing history reveals the resisters as complex individuals with evolving motives, contributing to our understanding of both the fall of the Third Reich and the nature of historical inquiry itself.