This publication is a continuation of the publication of documents from the investigative files of German military and government officials who found themselves in Soviet captivity after the end of World War II. The pages of the collection tell about the political and military-diplomatic steps taken by Nazi Germany on the eve of and during the Second World War. The vast majority of documentary materials are published for the first time. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers and specialists interested in the history of diplomacy and the history of the Second World War.