All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. In 1939, the SS took over Salon Kitty, a high class brothel in Berlin and bugged the rooms. In New York, there was a gay 'house of assignation' in Brooklyn where German spies hired American servicemen in the hope of hearing indiscreet pillow All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. In 1939, the SS took over Salon Kitty, a high class brothel in Berlin and bugged the rooms. In New York, there was a gay 'house of assignation' in Brooklyn where German spies hired American servicemen in the hope of hearing indiscreet pillow talk. The Nazis also employed Lilly Stein, a 'good-looking nymphomaniac' and part of the Duquesne Spy ring, who slept with US men in order to blackmail them. The list of those who were sex spies for the Nazis goes on and on... and this book compiles them all.
Nazi Sex Spies: Seduction, Subterfuge and State Secrets
All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. In 1939, the SS took over Salon Kitty, a high class brothel in Berlin and bugged the rooms. In New York, there was a gay 'house of assignation' in Brooklyn where German spies hired American servicemen in the hope of hearing indiscreet pillow All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. In 1939, the SS took over Salon Kitty, a high class brothel in Berlin and bugged the rooms. In New York, there was a gay 'house of assignation' in Brooklyn where German spies hired American servicemen in the hope of hearing indiscreet pillow talk. The Nazis also employed Lilly Stein, a 'good-looking nymphomaniac' and part of the Duquesne Spy ring, who slept with US men in order to blackmail them. The list of those who were sex spies for the Nazis goes on and on... and this book compiles them all.
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Maja - BibliophiliaDK β¨ –
NOPE! There was literally nothing about this book that I liked. π WHAT I DISLIKED π Purpose: Why was this book written? What are we supposed to learn from it? What did it mean to be a 'sex spy'? How did they affect the war effort? None of these questions are answered and the book suffers from it. Gossip: This felt more like a gossip piece than an academic work. Sex spies?: Apparently, being a 'sex spy' doesn't involve sex or even spying in many cases - the only prerequisite is simply being a woman. NOPE! There was literally nothing about this book that I liked. π WHAT I DISLIKED π Purpose: Why was this book written? What are we supposed to learn from it? What did it mean to be a 'sex spy'? How did they affect the war effort? None of these questions are answered and the book suffers from it. Gossip: This felt more like a gossip piece than an academic work. Sex spies?: Apparently, being a 'sex spy' doesn't involve sex or even spying in many cases - the only prerequisite is simply being a woman. Barf. ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
Angela H. –
Did not finish book. The title sounded interesting to me;however, the information presented was dull.
HattieB –
This book was a slog.
Fire –
This was a very interesting read, however, it was quite dull at times. I found it extremely interesting how deep our country was penetrated with spies even before the war had started. As far back as the early 1930's. I'm sure this same type of thing still goes on now, but I hadn't thought about it before. It is pretty wild when you think about it. Loose lips sink ships is a very true statement when the high ups are literally sleeping with the enemy. Overall this was really interesting, just a sl This was a very interesting read, however, it was quite dull at times. I found it extremely interesting how deep our country was penetrated with spies even before the war had started. As far back as the early 1930's. I'm sure this same type of thing still goes on now, but I hadn't thought about it before. It is pretty wild when you think about it. Loose lips sink ships is a very true statement when the high ups are literally sleeping with the enemy. Overall this was really interesting, just a slow read. 3 out of 5 Stars.
Max Baldwin –
Decent easy read with some interesting stories, does not need to be called nazi sex spies as thatβs not what they are. Itβs just young attractive women who happened to be spies
Amy Schmid –
Incredibly interesting at times but mostly rather dull. I was really looking forward to a WWII nonfiction but this was not it. I was surprised how many spies were embedded into our nation.
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