Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
The Cast xiv
Part I Special Prisoners
1 Kidnapped at Venlo 3
2 The Irish Camp 12
3 The Death of Stalin's Son 24
4 Traitors 34
5 Breakout 47
6 Gates of Hell 57
Part II The Prominenten
7 The Bunker Prisoners 72
8 The Brothel Prisoners 84
9 Old Foes Meet 90
10 Hostages for Fortune 100
Part III Alpine Odyssey
11 Evacuation 110
12 Cook's Musical Tour 121
13 A Troubled Redoubt 130
14 Niederdorf 139
15 Cuckoos in the Nest 148
16 High Noon 153
Part IV Freedom
17 A Death in Shangri-La 162
18 Rescue 171
19 Sequels 177
Addenda Supplementary Tales
I Alexander von Stauffenberg and Fey von Hassell: A Love Story 192
II Müller, Bonhoeffer and Niemöller: Ecumenical Plotters 203
III The Strange Tale of Friedrich Engelke 211
IV Colonel Davide Ferrero and his Patriot Battalion 216
V Colonel John McGrath OBE: Truth and Invention 222
Appendix: List of Prominenten in Hotel Pragser Wildsee 225
Endnotes 228
Index 249