Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty was a high-class Berlin brothel used by the Nazi intelligence service, the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD), for espionage purposes during .

Created in the early 1930s by Katharina "Kitty" Schmidt, the salon was taken over by Nazi secret service and senior SS officer Reinhard Heydrich and operated by his subordinate Walter Schellenberg in 1939. The brothel was overtly managed by original owner Kitty Schmidt throughout its existence. The plan was to seduce top German dignitaries and foreign visitors, as well as diplomats, with alcohol and women so they would disclose secrets or express their honest opinions on Nazi-related topics and individuals. Guests included Heydrich himself, SS General Joseph Dietrich, Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, and Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. The salon had to relocate after an air raid in 1942, but eventually, as the war progressed, the project lost its importance due to the decreased number of clientele.

Salon Kitty has been the inspiration or subject of brothels featured in films involving Nazi espionage. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 2019
Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age period : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /

: This text examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This monograph covers this region and period comprehensively and in detail.
: Previously issued in print: 2019. : 1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) : illustrations (colour) : Specialized. : 9781789691559 (ebook) :

Published 2019
Glass and glass production in the Near East during the Iron Age : evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis /

: Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age Period' examines the history of glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions (1000-539 BCE). This is the first monograph to cover this region and period comprehensively and in detail and thus fills a significant gap in glass research. It focuses on an identification of the different types of glass objects and their respective manufacturing techniques that existed in the Iron Age period. Both the material glass and individual glass objects are investigated for such topics as how raw glass (primary production) and glass objects (secondary production) were manufactured at that time, how both these industries were organized, and how widespread glass objects were in Mesopotamian society in the Iron Age period. Such a comprehensive picture of glass and its production in the Iron Age can only be achieved by setting archaeological data in relation to cuneiform texts, archaeometric analyses and experimental-archaeological investigations. With regard to the different disciplines incorporated into this study, an attempt was made to view them together and to establish connections between these areas.
: viii, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. : 9781789691542

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