Here, I provide a thorough review of the origins of the three organizations that shaped the future of intelligence in the Third Reich: the Abwehr, the SD, and the Gestapo.

After World War I, the Allies, in the Treaty of Versailles, prohibited any entity in Germany from acting as an intelligence service. However, the Abwehr rose from the ashes and discreetly established itself during the Weimar Republic. In a few years, it would face rivals whose sophistry had never been known before, surpassing the military spirit that prevailed in the Abwehr.

One must go back to the early days of the SS to understand why Heinrich Himmler aimed to have his own intelligence service. Thus, from 1931, the SD made its way among internal rivals and gained the respect of all thanks to the strategy, up to now unknown, of Reinhard Heydrich.

Meanwhile, in Prussia, the Gestapo evolved under the auspices of Hermann Göring and positioned itself as a challenging rival for the SD.

From the outset, the SD and Gestapo competed for control of all police forces in Germany. In this essay, the reader will discover the maneuvers and struggles of both sides to gain control of the police.

A book that you must read to understand from the beginning, the causes, and methods by which the internal police web in the Third Reich was so effective and, at the same time, impossible to maintain its rigidity until the end.

A new novel

At the end of the IIGM, what happened to the Gestapo and SD agents? Did they escape or were they captured?

And, if they were captured by the Allies, how were they treated? Were they judged? So, did their careers end after the Third Reich surrendered Berlin?

In the novel I am writing, set in the 50s, the world is divided again, but this time because of the Cold War. However, while the eyes are fixed on the border that sections Europe, those who previously wore suits and trench coats or displayed the insignia of the SS or the SD are secretly manoeuvring to find their place in the new German society. Others have already managed to hide among the institutions.

With a police plot, tinged with espionage, I hope to captivate the reader, drawing them into a confusing and intriguing story set in the darkest post-war period of Humanity.