The intelligent and literary gifted Hermann Rauschning was, oddly enough, the head of the Danzig Senate and was in Hitler’s inner circle. Disillusioned with Nazism, this former associate of the Fuhrer published in London the book “Hitler Speaks,” which consists almost entirely of verbatim speeches reproduced in a narrow circle of initiates—a rare occurrence in the practice of secret societies—and after it, “The Beast from the Abyss,” the title the latter speaks for itself. For the first time in Russian. The best opportunity to look, finally, into the very core of fascism. Hermann Adolf Reinhold Rauschning, German. Hermann Adolf Reinhold Rauschning (1887 - 1982), German politician, music critic and political writer. In 1933/1934 he was president of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig. Due to friction with the Nazis, he was forced to leave this post. Since 1939 he lived in the USA. Hermann Rauschning was a member of Hitler's inner circle. Disillusioned with Nazism, this former associate of the Fuhrer in 1940 published in London the book Hitler Speaks, which consists almost entirely of verbatim speeches reproduced in a narrow circle of initiates - a rare case in the practice of secret societies - and followed it in 1941 "The Beast from the Abyss" - the title of the latter speaks for itself. In his book, G. Rauschning denounces Hitler's anti-Christian worldview and his blind faith in magical powers and the occult.