Drawing on personal letters and clear memories, this biography describes the life and political activity of an extraordinary man who was executed in the struggle to save Germany from the disastrous consequences of Hitler's regime, and it sheds light on Barbara von Haeften's knowledge of and participation in the resistance movement.

Barbara von Haeften draws on personal letters and her own clear memories of her life with her husband Hans Bernd von Haeften, a lawyer, diplomat, and member of the Kreisau Circle resistance group in Nazi Germany, who was executed for his part in the struggle to save Germany from the disastrous consequences of Hitler's regime. In doing so, she simultaneously illuminates her own knowledge of and participation in the resistance movement.