Tormented Loyalty: the Story of a German Aristocrat who Defied Hitler

by Christopher Hugh Sykes

Biography of Adam von Trott zu Soltz, German aristocrat and Rhodes scholar who was part of the Kreisau Circle, the group that tried to assassinate Hitler with a suitcase bomb on 20th July 1944.

477 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carefully researched. Many photos. Good information. too, on the other members of the Kreisau Circle, sometimes tagged as "the plot against Hitler." The rating of 4 stars comes from my interest in the life stories of the different people in the German resistance, from the non-violent White Rose, Clemens von Galen and Bonhoeffer to the more pragmatic Kreisau circle, who tried to leverage their closeness to Hitler and narrowly failed.