Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code

Winthrop Bell stared into the abyss and was appalled by what he saw. A feeling of foreboding washed over him during his time in Germany during and after World War I and he would spend over two decades warning of the coming Nazi hydra. Despite his later work as a spy for MI6, Bell did not set out to work in the field of intelligence. Bell was born and raised in Nova Scotia. He was a student of Phenomenology and his scholarly pursuits took him abroad to Germany to work with other noted figures. As hostilities broke out, Bell was detained as a spy. A German administrator vouched for Bell, but Bell had to forfeit his PhD to avoid stiffer penalties. Bell had ingratiated himself with various Germans, which afforded him a window into the direction of the German government. The implications of an unhinged & armed country proved frightening.

Cracking the Nazi Code comprehensively recalls the life of a fearless man who refused to back down in his fight against the dawning fascism of Nazi Germany. Author Jason Bell deftly sheds light on an unheralded figure in the anti-fascist movement whose contributions hold great weight then and now.