Family of Spies; A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Title of the book: Family of Spies; A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor Author: Christine Kuehn Publisher: Celadon Publishing Date: 2025 ISBN:978-1-250-34446-5 Summary: A 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 call 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, the two hit it off, and they had...