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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 by Rebecca Donner (2021) | Book Review

    October 12, 2024 /
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    All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2021 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days describes the life and death of Mildred Harnack. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. Historians identify Mildred Harnack as the only American in the leadership of the German resistance, yet her remarkable story has remained almost unknown until now. All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days by Rebecca Donner When Mildred…

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    A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France by Caroline Moorehead (2011) | Book Review

    February 29, 2024 /
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    A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead Series: The Resistance Trilogy Book 1 Genres: History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon A Train in Winter: In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time—a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipice and Human Cargo, brings to life an extraordinary…

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