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All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler / Rebecca Donner.

Donner, Rebecca, (author.).

Summary:
Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316561693 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 031656169X (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-544) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note -- Fragment -- Introduction -- The boy with the blue knapsack (1939) -- Mildred. I: (1902-1933) ; II: (1933-1934) -- The boy. III: (1938-1939) -- Mildred. IV: (1933-1935) -- The boy. V: (1939) -- Mildred. VI: (1935-1937) ; VI: (1937-1939) -- The boy. VIII: (1937-1940) -- Mildred. IX: (1940-1942) ; X: (1942-1945) ; XI: (1942-1952) -- The boy. XII: (1946)
Subject: Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943.
Rote Kapelle (Resistance group)
Anti-Nazi movement > Germany > Berlin > Biography.
Anti-Nazi movement > Germany > Berlin.
Espionage > Germany > Berlin > History > 20th century.
Executions and executioners > Germany > History > 20th century.
Americans > Germany > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 31 of 31 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 943.155 DONNER (Text) 50687011735167 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 943.155 DONNER (Text) 50686016076312 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 943.155086 DON (Text) 33240004928456 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bernville Area Community Library 943.155 DON (Text) 33249023880267 Non-fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 943.155 H289D (Text) 85131001773960 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library 943.155 DON (Text) 30183000955847 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults Harnack Biography (Text) 34001001404639 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 943.155 DONN (Text) 36446002050709 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library HAR (Text) 33249024801718 Biography Available -
Frackville Free Public Library 943/.155DO (Text)
Grant: 2021 Ben Franklin Trust Grant
30459000376618 Adult Non-fiction Available -


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