January 7, 1903, Munich - April 23, 1945 Berlin)




204pp. 8vo Frontis facsimile. Brown cloth. 1st Edition so stated. Translated by M.D. Herter Norton. Biographical essay by Arvid Brodersen. Presentation copy SIGNED by the translator: "For the Hawthornes with all good/ wishes and the compliments of the/ translator --/ Polly HN Crena de Iongh/. Light top edge soil, gift inscription on half title page, else text as new: Near Fine/in Near Fine d


Albrecht studied at Munich University under his father and alongside Rudolf Hess, In 1931, he became Hess' advisor on foreign affairs Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Albrecht was involved in Hitler's attempts to negotiate peace with the French and British, acting as an intermediary Albrecht Haushofer was probably the architect of Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain in May 1941 to seek British collaboration against the Russians Albrecht's fortunes declined following Hess's flight, and high ranking members of the Nazi party looked dissapprovingly upon his part-Jewish ancestry. His mother was half jewish Finding himself among those who concluded that the only way to prevent disaster befalling Germany was to remove Hitler and the Nazi party, Albrecht joined the 1944 bomb plot and was arrested by the Gestapo in December 1944 following the plot's failure.j.




Written is prison while expecting to be executed by the Nazi in Moabit Prison. He was shot by the SS after being released by prison authorities as the Russians approached. His body was found 3 weeks later by his brother. He was still still holding the sonnets under his coat.

They were first published by a group of American Army officers in Berlin.