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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450880903321

Autore

Brysac Shareen Blair

Titolo

Resisting Hitler [[electronic resource] ] : Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra / / Shareen Blair Brysac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-83335-1

0-19-535102-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

943.086092B

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service

World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The life and death of an American woman in Nazi Germany".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Plötzensee; 2 Transfiguration; 3 Chum; 4 Nonconformist; 5 A Radical Marriage; 6 Scholar; 7 Comrade; 8 Pilgrim; 9 Hostess; 10 Literary Figure; 11 Stranger; 12 Resister; 13 Spy?; 14 Prey; 15 The Woman in Cell 25; 16 Stalingrad's Scapegoat; 17 Epilogue; Postscript; Glossary and Abbreviations; Notes; Archives Consulted; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An account of an American woman who gave her life in the struggle against the Nazi regime. As members of a key resistance group, Mildred and her husband, Arvid Harnack, assisted in the escape of German Jews and political dissidents, and provided economic and military intelligence to the Allies.