About the book: 2023 / In his new work, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Historical and Archival Institute of the Russian State Humanitarian University B.L. Khavkin continues the story about the history of the Third Reich and the anti-Hitler Resistance, which he began in the books “The Second Life of Field Marshal Paulus” (co-authored with A.S. Blank, M., 1990); “Reichsführer SS Himmler. Second after Hitler" (M., 2014); “Russia and Germany: 1900–1945. Interweaving history" (M., 2014); “German National Socialism and the Anti-Hitler Resistance” (M., 2017); “Racism and anti-Semitism in Hitler's Germany. Anti-Nazi Resistance of German Jews" (M., 2018); “Russian mirror of German history of the 20th century” (in collaboration with K.B. Bozhik. M., 2021). Many stories included in the monograph were published on the pages of “New and Contemporary History”, “Historical Expertise”, “Bulletin of the Archivist”, “Motherland”, “Independent Military Review” and other publications; some chapters are published for the first time. The book was written by a professional who knows and loves history as a science and as an entertaining story. It is addressed not only to professional historians, students and graduate students, but also to all connoisseurs and history buffs. The first will find relevance and scientific novelty in it. The second is a lively literary speech, a plot that in some cases turns into a detective story. The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.