"Tapping Hitler's generals" Edited by Sonke Neitzel.

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"Tapping Hitler's Generals - Transcripts of Secret Conversations, 1942-45" Edited by Sinke Neitzel , Foreword by Ian Kershaw. Frontline Books , MBI Publishing , St. Paul.
ISBN 978-1-84415-705-1. Price £25 or $49.95 (US).

The transcripts of private conversations held between captured high ranking German officers as recorded by British intelligence , unguarded comments , and discussions on how they percieved the war was going , successes and failures , war crimes , genocide and who they felt was responsible.
The July bomb plot , what they actually though of Hitler , his regime , their colleagues and the future of Germany.

Reading this book may upset a few applecarts on the part played the German Army and its leadership - especially in respect of the war in the east .
A candid insight via the thoughts and words of staff officers , Divisional and Army Group Commanders who spoke at length in a relaxed atmosphere on how they viewed the war , how it was being conducted , those who made the decisions and the consequences of those decisions both in terms of the military situation and the moral compass of each man who knew that war crimes had been committed.

This is not a lightweight book but it dovetails with almost any history you may be reading , apart from the transcripts themselves there are detailed notes expanding on the factual / historical background of the issues the officers dicusss.
Biographical summaries of the officers ae also included.
Some of those tapped.
Von Arnim (Generaloberst)
Curt Badinsky ( Generalleutnant).
Gerhard Bassenge ( Generalmajor)
Friedrich Freiherr von Broich. ( Generalleutnant).
Dietrich Von Choltitz General der Infanterie
Hans cremer General Der panzertruppe
Ludwig Cruwell General Der panzertruppe
Heinz Eugen Eberbach Ob.Zur Zee.
Kurt Eberding Generalmajor
Walter hennecke KonterAdmiral
Dr Friedrich August freherr von Der Heydte
Kurt meyer ( Panzer meyer)
Bernhard Ramcke Generla der Fallschirmtruppen
Ritter von Thoma General Der Panzertruppen
Just a few of 86 listed in the biography section which included an appraisal of each by those who observed them.

Much more than a straightforward "history book" , this gives an insight into how those who knew what had been done , the dire straits into which the German people had been led and the enivitable outcome of a war long lost and so rationalised it or chose to confront it honestly.