THE AXMANN CONSPIRACY

The Axmann Conspiracy is the previously untold true story of the hidden threat that continued in the wake of World War II, the espionage that defeated it, and two fascinating men whose lives altered the course of history.

A trusted member of Hitler’s inner circle, Artur Axmann, the head of the Hitler Youth, watched the Führer commit suicide in Berlin—but he would not let the Reich die with its leader. Evading capture, and with access to the regime’s wealth, Axmann had enough followers to reestablish the Nazi party in the very heart of Allied-occupied Germany—and position himself to become dictator of the Fourth Reich. U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corp Officer Jack D. Hunter was the perfect undercover operative. Fluent in German, he posed as a black marketer to root out Nazi sympathizers and saboteurs after the war, and along with other CIC agents uncovered the extent of Axmann’s conspiracy. It was the most legitimate threat to the Allies that could havebrought the Nazis back into power—and the task would fall to Hunter and his team to stop it. Scott Andrew Selby is the co-author of Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History. He has a law degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters degree in Human Rights and Intellectual Property from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Sweden’s Lund University, as well as a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies/Theories of American Culturefrom UC Berkeley.