"From deep inside Moscow's infamous "Center," the Soviet Union directed an espionage operation of unprecedented size and scope. Its crown jewel was "Werther," a man who over the years preceding the war had wormed his way into Hitler's innermost circle. He became the most devastating traitor to Nazi Germany and perhaps in all of history." "Maria Poliakova was a beautiful, young, Russian-Jewish spymaster with a penchant for danger. Werther was Maria's agent. Together, they changed history.".

"The evidence of the treachery is indisputable. There is no doubt that Werther existed. But who was he? Over the decades following the war, scholars searched in vain for Werther's identity. Before the recent opening of previously top-secret World War II Soviet archives, this mystery could not have been solved. Still, it took all of the investigative skills developed over decades for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Louis Kilzer to discover the amazing truth behind the fall of the Third Reich.".

"After providing the reader with the necessary background information, author Kilzer thoroughly examines all possibilities. Conclusively, he identifies Hitler's chief henchman as the traitor codenamed Werther."--BOOK JACKET.