One of the earliest and most active plotters, and later a prosecution witness at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Hans B. Gisevius (1904-1974) used his positions in the Gestapo and the Abwehr (military intelligence) to further the anti-Nazi conspiracy.

• Part One: From the Reichstag Fire to the Fritsch Crisis * The Reichstag Fire: The Act; The Suspects; Marinus Van der Lubbe; The Trial * Gestapo: Nebe; Intrigues; Rall; The Incendiaries * The Frenzy of the Masses Gleichschaltung: The Violence of Revolution; The Scent of Blood * June 30, 1934: Gestapo Politics; The Blood Purge; Aftermath * Bloodless Revolution: The Respectable Revolution; Duel with Heydrich; Banishment * The Fritsch-Blomberg Crisis * The Magic and the Vicious Circles Part Two: From Munich to July 20, 1944 * War in the OffingMay, 1938, to September, 1939: Becks Resignation; Halders Setback Theory; Witzleben is Won Over; Involved Preparations; Munich; Glassbreakers Holiday; The March Madness; Conversations Abroad; Final Efforts Inside Germany; Hitler Cooks a Stew; War * Toward the CatastropheSeptember, 1939, to July, 1944: The First Feelers, Three Critical Weeks; The Zither Player; The Opposition; Opposition Circles; Groups and Individuals; Fruitless Peace Feelers, Useless Warnings; Wasted Years; Severe Setbacks; The New Dynamism * Too LateJuly 20, 1944: Prelude; July 20, 1944 * Escape to the Future * Epilogue