All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler
Donner, Rebecca2022
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Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six and living in Germany when she witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. She began holding secret meetings in her apartment, forming a small band of political activists set on helping Jews escape, denouncing Hitler and calling for revolution. When the Second World War began, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies. In this astonishing work of non-fiction, Harnack's great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on extensive archival research, fusing elements of biography, political thriller and scholarly detective story to tell a powerful, epic tale of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history.
Main title:
Author:
Donner, Rebecca, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2022.
Collation:
xiv, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786892218 (pbk)
Dewey class:
943.155086092BHAR
Language:
English
Subject:
Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943Spies -- Germany -- BiographyAnti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- GermanyGermany -- History -- 1933-1945Rote Kapelle (Resistance group)Americans -- Germany -- BerlinBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseMemoirsHistory: specific events & topicsSecond World War
BRN:
964063