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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  Cover Image Book Book

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

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lawrence County Federated Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at New Castle Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
New Castle Public Library Biog. Harnack (Text)
Bookplate: Purchased with Funds Provided by the Friends of the Library.
31902005435573 NWCM Biography Available -


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