Atteinte à la sécurité

Plongez dans le monde obscur de l'espionnage avec le récit historique révolutionnaire de David Irving, « Breach of Security ». Ce livre méticuleusement documenté met en lumière le Forschungsamt secret allemand, l'insaisissable agence de renseignement chargée des écoutes téléphoniques et du décryptage pendant le régime nazi. Publié pour la première fois en 1967, ce récit captivant reste l’un des rares exposés détaillés sur l’agence qui a joué un rôle central dans la collecte de renseignements menant à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

“Breach of Security” unveils the clandestine operations of the Forschungsamt, an organization that remained largely unknown to Allied intelligence during WWII. Irving navigates through the remnants of a past shrouded in secrecy, piecing together the agency’s comprehensive reports on international and domestic political and economic affairs. With its headquarters destroyed and records obliterated in the dying days of the war, the Forschungsamt’s story was nearly lost to history until Irving’s meticulous research brought it back to the surface.

Employing over three thousand individuals and operating on a budget of twenty-five million Reichsmarks, the Forschungsamt’s “passive” intelligence gathering illuminated the dark corridors of power and war. From tapping German telephones to breaking diplomatic codes, this book chronicles the extensive reach of the agency’s ears, from public broadcasts to the most confidential communications.

“David Irving, a remarkable researcher, a brilliant discoverer of documents and a skilful writer, tells the story well . . . He has mastered his material . . . Very readable.” Prof. Hugh Trevor-Roper, in The Sunday Telegraph

First published: 1967

217 pages, and photographs