Mildred fish harnack biography of barack obama

American-German literary historian and anti-Nazi resistance operative (1902–1943)

Mildred Elizabeth Harnack (née Fish; September 16, 1902 – February 16, 1943) was an American literary historian, translator, and member of the German resistance against the Nazi regime.

After marrying Arvid Harnack, she moved to Germany in 1929, where she began her career as an academic. Mildred Harnack spent a year at the University of Jena and the University of Giessen working on her doctoral thesis. At Giessen, she witnessed the beginnings of Nazism.

The story of the forgotten American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler, as told by her great-great-niece.

Milwaukee-born Mildred Fish-Harnack was the only American citizen executed by Adolf Hitler's direct order.

In her first nonfiction book, novelist and essayist Donner (Sunset Terrace) tells the astounding life story of her great-great-aunt Mildred.

A new book about women who resisted Hitler in Nazi Germany has inspired me to choose how to respond to these troubled times.

Life with the documentary Wisconsin's Nazi Resistance: The Mildred Fish-Harnack Story.

Mildred Harnack became an assistant lecturer in English and American literature at the University of Berlin in 1931.

In 1932, Mildred and her husband Arvid began to resist Nazism. Mildred nicknamed the underground resistance group they established "the Circle." Mildred and Arvid became friends with Louise and Donald Heath, who was First Secretary at the U.S.

Embassy in Berlin, and to whom Mildred and Arvid passed intellige