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100 1  Mazzeo, Tilar J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Sisters in resistance :|bhow a German spy, a banker's wife,
       and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis /|cTilar J. 
       Mazzeo. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bGrand Central Publishing,|c2022. 
300    xv, 311 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tPrologue: The German spy and Mussolini's daughter --
       |tThe grand council --|tTramontana --|tFlight to exile --
       |tGallo --|tArrest --|tThe last card --|tOperation Conte -
       -|tBlackmailing Hitler --|tThe trial of Verona --|tEmilio 
       --|tRefuge in Switzerland --|tFather Pancino --|tGermania 
       --|tThe banker's wife --|tThe house of spies --|tMy new 
       found friend --|tLunch at Monthey Station --|tThe Ciano 
       diaries --|tThe rose garden --|tEpilogue: Into thin air. 
520    "In 1944, the war had reached its climax in continental 
       Europe. News of secret diaries kept by Italy's former 
       Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public 
       consciousness. What wasn't reported, however, was how 
       three women--a Fascist's daughter, a German spy, and an 
       American socialite--risked their lives to ensure the 
       diaries would reach the Allied forces, who would use the 
       papers as key evidence against the Nazis at the Nuremberg 
       Trials. Just a year earlier, Edda Mussolini, Benito 
       Mussolini's daughter, had given Hitler and her father an 
       ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from 
       prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the 
       press. Knowing the diaries will expose Nazi lies and 
       create a foundation for a criminal war crimes prosecution,
       Hitler and Mussolini vow to do everything in their power 
       to see the diaries destroyed--even if it means liquidating
       Mussolini's daughter. To do this, they ordered Hilde Beetz,
       a German spy, to seduce Ciano in prison in order to learn 
       the diaries' location. As the seducer becomes the seduced,
       however, Hilde shifts her loyalties and becomes a double 
       agent, joining forces with Edda to save Ciano from 
       execution. When this fails, Edda flees to Switzerland with
       Hilde's daring assistance to keep Ciano's final wish: to 
       see the diaries published for use by the Allies. When the 
       head of United States' intelligence, Alan Dulles, learns 
       of Edda's escape, he sends in socialite Frances de Chollet,
       an "accidental" spy, assigned by chance to a mission that 
       would change her life. Her task is to find Edda, gain her 
       trust, and, crucially, hand the diaries over to the 
       Americans. Against all expectations, what develops is a 
       rich and humanizing friendship between the two women. One 
       step ahead of the Gestapo agents who are hunting Edda, 
       together they succeed in preserving one of the most 
       important historic documents of the Second World War. 
       Drawing from in-depth research and first-person interviews
       with people who witnessed parts of this true story, Mazzeo
       gives readers a riveting look into this little-known 
       moment in cultural history and shows how, without Edda, 
       Hilde, and Frances's involvement, certain convictions 
       would never have been possible at Nuremberg. Sisters in 
       Resistance is a powerful look at women's intelligence work
       during WWII, a moving story of unlikely wartime 
       friendships, and an inspirational investigation into three
       people who, navigated the place where truth, loyalty, 
       justice, and betrayal collide"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Ciano, Edda Mussolini,|cContessa. 
600 10 Purwin, Hilde,|d1919-2010. 
600 10 Ciano, Galeazzo,|cconte,|d1903-1944.|tDiario.|lEnglish. 
600 10 Ciano, Galeazzo,|cconte,|d1903-1944|xDeath and burial. 
610 20 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
       |bSchutzstaffel.|bReichssicherheitshauptamt.|bAmt VI. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zItaly. 
650  0 Espionage, German|zItaly|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xSecret service|zGermany. 
651  0 Italy|xHistory|yGerman occupation, 1943-1945. 
651  0 Italy|xPolitics and government|y1922-1945.