Family of Spies A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

Christine Kuehn

eBook - 2025

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER"An amazing and gripping tale, full of suspenseful twists and cinematic details" ―New York Times Book ReviewA propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come.The Kuehns, a prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a ...way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard's sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party,... more